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Capitol Prepares for Historic Inauguration The nation’s capitol is bracing for record crowds in anticipation of the historic Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on January 20 as the first African-American president in U.S. history. Estimates range from 1.5 to three million people who will make the trip to the National Mall, far more than the
Read moreU.S. Jobless Figure Tops 11 Million The U.S. economy is in a free-fall and taking millions of U.S. jobs down with it. The Department of Labor reports the unemployment rate soared to 7.2 percent last month – the highest since World War II. According to the department, 2.6 million people lost their jobs last year
Read moreNMB Rejects Delta’s Rush to Judgment In an announcement with significant implications for thousands of employees at Delta and Northwest Airlines, the National Mediation Board (NMB) this week issued a single carrier ruling for pilots, flight dispatchers and meteorologists only at the recently merged carrier. The decision is a major setback for management at Delta,
Read moreVought Threatens Tennessee Strikers With less than a week before federally supervised negotiations are set to resume, Vought Aircraft Industries in Nashville, TN, took a page from the union-busters handbook and threatened to permanently replace any union member who refused to cross picket lines. The strike by nearly 1,000 members of IAM Local 735 was
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