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Money Magazine: Breaking up with mom's brokerupdated: Mon Jul 05 2010 04:51:00

Our family thought that Dad had left his estate in great shape when he passed away more than two years ago. But his bank-dominated stock portfolio got whacked almost immediately, and now we're helping our mother fix it. One issue: Her full-service broker, who takes a hefty 1% commission on stock sales and another 1% on stock purchases.

Celebrity crime writer Dominick Dunne dies at 83updated: Thu Aug 27 2009 07:12:00

Dominick Dunne, the former Hollywood producer and best-selling author known for his Vanity Fair essays on the courtroom travails of the rich and famous, died Wednesday in New York city after a long battle with cancer.

With Kennedy out, who's in?updated: Fri Jan 23 2009 14:12:00

CNN's Mary Snow takes a look at the remaining contenders for the New York senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton.

Incoming labor secretary vows to work for 'hardworking families'updated: Fri Jan 09 2009 12:07:00

President-elect Barack Obama's choice for labor secretary, California Rep. Hilda Solis, promised to "improve the opportunities for hardworking families" as she began her confirmation hearings on Friday.

CNNMoney: Mortgage resets: a rude awakeningupdated: Wed Oct 17 2007 14:40:00

About $50 billion in adjustable rate mortgages reset this month, driving interest rates up for many borderline borrowers. And despite efforts to raise awareness, it doesn't look like anyone is really prepared for what's to come.

Teamsters aim to block plan giving Mexican trucks more U.S. accessupdated: Wed Aug 29 2007 21:14:00

The Teamsters Union said Wednesday it will ask a federal appeals court to block the Bush administration's plan to allow Mexican trucks to carry cargo anywhere in the United States.

Labor still has clout in political arenaupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 03:27:00

There's a good reason why Democratic candidates court the support of organized labor.

Bipartisan immigration bill faces bipartisan fightupdated: Fri May 18 2007 08:10:00

The bipartisan immigration bill that could allow citizenship to an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States will run into bipartisan opposition in Congress.

Fortune: The new face of laborupdated: Tue Oct 10 2006 13:54:00

In a sunlit office overlooking Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., union leader Andrew Stern, 55, is sipping coffee and holding a midmorning meeting with a few top aides. The subject is a study on t...

Horse slaughtering bill tops House agendaupdated: Thu Sep 07 2006 13:30:00

After a five-week summer recess, one of the House of Representatives' first items of business was a vote on a bill to ban horse slaughtering in the United States.

AFL-CIO to spend $40 million on electionsupdated: Wed Aug 30 2006 13:37:00

The AFL-CIO announced Wednesday it will spend $40 million on get-out-the-vote operations for the midterm elections in an effort to try to drive congressional Republicans from power as well as win governorships in 21 states across the country.

Cruise operator shut down after deadly accident updated: Mon Oct 03 2005 01:18:00

A tour boat that sank to the bottom of New York's Lake George Sunday, killing 20 elderly passengers, did not have enough crew on board, authorities said Monday.

Third large union leaves AFL-CIOupdated: Fri Jul 29 2005 18:37:00

Another large union decided to leave the AFL-CIO Friday, widening a rift that has cost the labor federation more than a third of its members in the past week.

Labor's political illusionupdated: Thu Jul 28 2005 19:44:00

The bolt in Chicago Monday from the AFL-CIO by the Teamsters and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reflects a long-building reaction to John Sweeney's plans a decade ago when he muscled his way into the labor federation presidency.

CNNMoney: Teamsters, SEIU quit AFL-CIOupdated: Mon Jul 25 2005 08:44:00

The Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union voted Monday to withdraw from the AFL-CIO.

CNNMoney: AFL-CIO president worries about futureupdated: Fri Apr 29 2005 09:23:00

AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney said in a teleconference with reporters Thursday that the organization is facing financial troubles and may have to lay off 25 percent of its workforce, according to the Washington Post.

The rise of Hoffaupdated: Mon Jan 24 2005 16:33:00

The barons of the American labor movement gathered January 10 at the AFL-CIO fortress across Lafayette Park from the White House, with doors closed to the public as usual. The AFL-CIO Executive Committee's agenda prepared by President John Sweeney allotted 30 minutes for reform of the labor federation. But James P. Hoffa of the Teamsters insisted much more time was needed to debate badly needed changes.

Labor pains, continuedupdated: Tue Mar 09 2004 04:52:00

There are four Southern primaries today, two with juicy political implications. But the story we're watching most closely today is the awkward reunion of organized labor, which gathers in south Florida to make sense out of a particularly clumsy primary roadshow that left them divided, dispirited and, in some cases, doubting their ability to defeat President Bush.

Fortune: Labor's Best Hope John Wilhelm is not just trying to save union jobs, he's trying to save unionism.updated: Mon Oct 29 2001 00:01:00

John Wilhelm knows that soon he'll be playing hardball with hotel owners from Philadelphia to Las Vegas to Honolulu. Contracts with thousands of unionized hotel workers in those and other cities ar...

Fortune: Carpenter Gives AFL-CIO Labor Painsupdated: Mon Jul 23 2001 00:01:00

Doug McCarron, president of the carpenters' union, seems an unlikely savior for Big Labor. After all, McCarron delivered a body blow to the labor establishment in March when he pulled his 550,000-m...

Fortune: Labor's Foot Soldiers GOING TO THE POLLS WITH THE AFL-CIOupdated: Mon Jul 24 2000 00:01:00

Despite constant talk about the unseemly influence of money on politics, campaign contributions alone don't necessarily determine elections. For example, even though business interests have outspen...

Fortune: Labor's Lost Chance AFL-CIO President John Sweeney had Big Labor on the move for the first time in a generation. Then he fired hupdated: Mon Sep 28 1998 00:01:00

That's John Sweeney, standing outside a tire factory in Des Moines, oddly formal in his signature black suit. It's 5:30 in the morning. A bright half-moon shines down on first-shift workers going i...

Fortune: BIG LABOR FLEXES ITS MUSCLESupdated: Mon Jun 10 1996 00:01:00

You can't blame Douglas Fraser for getting a little excited. "When was the last time anyone from Fortune called about the labor movement?" says the former United Auto Workers president, now teachin...

Fortune: ROMANCING SWEENEY, FEDERAL AID FOR SHY PEOPLE, WHY THINGS KEEP GETTING BETTER, AND OTHER MATTERSupdated: Mon Mar 04 1996 00:01:00

THE BRIDGE BLOCKERS

Fortune: THE LAWYERS ON THE SUBWAYS, REMEMBERING MISS HERBERT, OUR SOCIALIST UNIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS.updated: Mon Dec 11 1995 00:01:00

THE ALL-PURPOSE SUIT

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