American Airlines (AA) has launched a new website to provide a source for updates, communications and background on important discussions between the company and its labor unions.
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Unemployment rocketed to its highest rate since late 1983, 8.1 %, as the nation’s economy shed 651,000 jobs in February.

The government has revised its December and January job-loss figures higher, to 681,000 and 655,000, respectively.
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AT&T Inc., the largest employer of union labor in the country, is renegotiating contracts that cover 112,500 workers and is looking to reduce health care costs.
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Ford Motor Co expects operating savings of $500 million per year from an agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) that is expected to make labor costs competitive with Japanese rivals. Ford has about 42,000 hourly workers covered by the contract.
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Transport Workers Union Local 234 will not strike when their contract expires on Sunday morning.
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The General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) and area building trades have started the process of labor negotiations. On behalf of its members, the GBCA will negotiate with the Carpenters, Cement Masons, Laborers, Drywall Finishers and Rodstetters.
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