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Once again, Britain's biggest union may foist an unsuitable leader on Labour THE Labour Party's abysmal performance in the general election on May 7th came as a shock to many. [...]

NEW YORK -- Bruce Raynor offered a two-word explanation for why the members of the UNITE and HERE unions voted Thursday to merge: 'Size matters.' 'This new union will be [...]

WASHINGTON -- Wilbur Ross has a new battle cry: Renegotiate CAFTA. Ross, the contrarian investor who last year took over Burlington Industries and is set to buy Cone Mills, on [...]

Byline: David Lewis There's a commercial where a traffic cop stops a hippie, orders him out of his car, and gives the longhair a big hug. 'That's the nicest full-stop, [...]

NEW YORK -- They're circling the wagons. Besieged by cheap imports and beset by plant closings and the concomitant loss of manufacturing jobs, a coalition of textile/fiber groups and union [...]

WASHINGTON -- Two powerful unions have joined forces with House lawmakers in an effort to push Cintas Corp., the nation's leading supplier of commercial uniforms and laundry services, to sign [...]

WASHINGTON -- Vowing to embarrass Gap Inc., several House lawmakers joined with UNITE on Thursday in calling for the company to improve its working conditions at contractors that sew its [...]

NEW YORK -- The cold, wet weather in Midtown Manhattan may have been reminiscent of Seattle on Thursday, but that was the only similarity that could be seen around the [...]

MIAMI BEACH -- Stressing his long history as a friend of labor, Vice President Al Gore told 2,000 members of UNITE gathered for the union's convention here Tuesday that 'free [...]

Ed Miliband doesn't take a risk unless he has to. In his first two and a half years in charge of the Labour party, he eschewed a dramatic confrontation with [...]

Members of the non-profit organization UNITE accused Guess Inc. of violating labor laws in a protest outside of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, NY. The apparel manufacturer restated its committment to following US Department of Labor standards. However, an investigation by the California Labor Department sited Guess for using contractors in Los Angeles, CA, to do illegal homework., NEW YORK -- UNITE brought its high-profile campaign against sweatshops to a ritzy neighborhood Tuesday -- protesting on Park Avenue in front of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where Guess Inc. was [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 2,000 UNITE members filled Capitol Hill hallways Wednesday, looking for support for the 'Stop Sweatshops Act,' a 1 1/2-year-old bill that would hold retailers and manufacturers responsible [...]

WASHINGTON -- More than 1,500 UNITE members are planning to climb Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge House members to step up the fight against sweatshops. A UNITE spokeswoman said the [...]

NEW YORK -- Even though the Labor Department currently is taking a less confrontational approach to battling sweatshops, the labor movement doesn't plan to to follow suit. Labor organizations like [...]

A bill proposed by William Clay to outlaw sweatshops in the garment trades is not expected to pass the Republican House. The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees favors the proposal, which would penalize offending manufacturers and retailers who contract with them. The National Retail Federation and the American Apparel Manufacturers Assn oppose the bill, which they claim duplicates measures already in force., WASHINGTON -- An anti-sweatshop bill that would make manufacturers and retailers liable if their contractors don't abide by minimum wage and child labor laws is being prepared and is expected [...]

The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) is joining up with business and Christian groups in an unlikely alliance aimed at preventing an immigration bill from becoming law. UNITE opposes Sen Alan Simpson's tough law because it would lower the number of foreign garment workers related to US workers that would receive visas. UNITE has a large immigrant constituency., WASHINGTON - The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees has joined an odd alliance of manufacturer business and Christian groups in attempting to kill part of a controversial immigration [...]

Looking to deter some of the attention from center court, members of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees are expected to stage a rally this evening against Adidas [...]

The Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees organized a rally in Washington, D.C., to inform members of Congress of its concerns over a bill to reduce funds for the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). Union members spoke of how OSHA's influence had reduced serious injuries in manufacturing plants to almost zero, and said that funds for worker safety should be increased rather than decreased. The bill, currently before Congress, would reduce funds for OSHA enforcement by 33% and prevent the agency from issuing any new ergonomic rules in 1996. The rally apparently had little effect on legislators., WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Textile and apparel workers came here Wednesday to lobby Congress against steep cuts in federal funding for the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health [...]