Residents of North Carolina are voting on a proposed constitutional ban on gay unions that would make it the 29th US state to limit gay marriage rights.

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US state votes on gay union ban

Teachers at Birmingham primary schools are being balloted for strike action over plans for them to become academies, a union announces.

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Teachers balloted over academies

Unions and parents accuse councils of undermining standards in nurseries by employing fewer teachers and more nursery nurses.

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Nursery teachers fall highlighted

MADRID — The tens of thousands of unionists who clogged this city’s grand boulevards on a rainy May Day all had their story — of jobs lost or social benefits trimmed, of anger at government policies they insist are making things worse. Read full article > >

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In Spain, fear grows that budget cuts are worsening nation’s crisis

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats organized the protests that gripped the state. They turned Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to strip public unions of their collective bargaining rights into a national Democratic cause. They got the signatures they needed to force a recall election, and then some. Read full article > >

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Wisconsin Democrats divided over who to best oust Walker in recall election

The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma before opening an office in Rangoon.

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EU foreign policy chief in Burma

A judge describes a former union leader as “greedy” as he jails him for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners’ charity.

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Ex-union leader jailed for theft

The African Union calls on Sudan and South Sudan to end hostilities and pull their forces out of a disputed border area following weeks of clashes.

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AU proposes Sudanese peace deal

Although the airline reached a deal with the Transport Workers Union that could save jobs, relations have been tense.

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American Airlines Seeks to Void Labor Contracts

A union says a close eye must be kept on how councils use proposals making it easier to intervene in failing schools.

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Union warning on schools reform

US Airways Group said it has made deals with three unions at American Airlines, contingent on a possible merger of the two airlines.

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US Airways Strikes Deal With AMR’s Unions

European Union diplomats are reported to have reached a preliminary deal to suspend most sanctions against Burma for a year.

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EU ‘to ease most Burma sanctions’

The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread heads to court Tuesday to try to throw out its union contracts, in a battle that leaves the iconic baker's future very much in doubt. Hostess Brands, which makes Ding Dongs and a variety of other sweet treats, is asking the bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y. to tear up labor agreements, which would, among other things, allow Hostess to change how it funds union pensions. The hearing is expected to last two days. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, together represent more than three-quarters of the 18,500 workers at the company. The Teamsters have vowed to strike if the judge agrees with management's request and dumps the labor deals. But both management and the unions agree that the company is unlikely to survive a strike. Read – Strike threat at Hostess could kill off Twinkies Previously – Take my snack cakes? Over my blinded, bloated body! and Stay gold, Twinkie the Kid. Stay gold.

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Teamsters strike may kill off Twinkies. Let the hoarding commence.

Trade union leaders are to hold talks next week with airline workers facing the threat of redundancy at Belfast City Airport.

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Unions to hold BMI jobs meeting

The fuel tanker drivers’ dispute could be over after the Unite union agrees to put a possible deal to members after lengthy talks with distribution firms.

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Possible deal in fuel drivers row