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USA : Unions: Wal-Mart had role in NY minimum wage deal

Source: Seattle Times
USA : State sues company for targeting union workers in credit-card scam

Source: Politics on the Hudson
USA : African Americans Make Up Largest Percentage of Union Membership

Source: New America Media
USA : Teamsters at Republic Services Strike in McDonough, Georgia

Source: Teamsters Local 728
USA : Crystal Sugar's lockout is over, but the hiring of scabs may cause tension

Source: Star Tribune
USA : S&P 500 CEOs Make 354 Times More Than Their Average Workers: AFL-CIO

Source: Huffington Post
USA : ILWU rallies grain workers locked-out by Mitsui in Vancouver

Source: ILWU
USA : USW study warns public about dangers of hydrofluoric acid use in refinery alkylation process to produce clean-burning gasoline

Source: USW
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Statement on the Explosions in Boston

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka responds to the explosions in Boston:Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones in the Boston explosions, and those who are coping with the aftermath of such senseless violence. We condemn those who carried out these acts and practice such hatred. 
Boston Firefighters Respond to Explosions at Boston Marathon

While reports are still coming in about the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, Fire Fighters (IAFF) sends us this update:Boston Fire and EMS Detailed to Scene of Explosions at Boston Marathon