News from AFL-CIO
April 19, 2012

Union members and retirees at Whirlpool urged shareholders at the company’s annual meeting to rein in “golden coffins” and quizzed CEO Jeff Fettig about retiree pension and health benefits and plant closures.

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 Workers Challenge Whirlpool’s ‘Golden Coffins’
 Wal-Mart: One More Reason Why We Need Equal Pay
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 Speakers Oppose ‘Blunt Instrument of Program Consolidation’ at Job Training Hearing
 Scott Walker’s No Abe Lincoln

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