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James “Jimmy” Deene, a Baltimore-area trucker, business agent and organizer for Teamsters Local 355, died of a heart attack Friday.

A year after the Maryland General Assembly passed regulatory reforms intended to help craft breweries grow, a debate over beer is set to be renewed on Friday. But while last year's discussions were focused on Guinness' plans for a Baltimore County brewery, this time, the goal is less clear.

Unions announce wage increases at Horseshoe Casino under new contract

A group of five unions successfully unionized for about 1,000 workers at the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, negotiating a contract that took effect this month.

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US Foods and the Teamsters local representing striking warehouse workers at a Severn distribution center have reached an agreement over the planned closure of

James P. Hoffa shook hands with striking workers at US Foods in Severn, fell into step with several on the picket line, then hung a sign around his neck that read: "Wall Street Greed Destroys The American Dream."

Workers at a US Foods distribution center in Anne Arundel County went on strike Wednesday, weeks after the company confirmed plans to close the facility.

US Foods on Wednesday said it would close a distribution center in Anne Arundel County, shifting operations to facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Safeway is planning to take over operations of its Prince George's County distribution center, hiring more than 700 people in a deal that avoids the closure of a major jobs base.

More than a dozen national union leaders have sent a scathing letter to U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, chastising her for supporting an expanded guest worker program and accusing her of selling out American workers.

"Too big to fail" means bail outs for banks and the shaft for union pension funds, says Mary Sanchez.

One of Prince George's County's largest employers plans to start layoffs of nearly 200 warehouse workers in December, according to a notice filed with the state Wednesday.

Maryland Senate candidate Donna Edwards picked up the endorsement of an international bricklayers union on Tuesday, the latest labor group to weigh in on the high-profile race.

We owe Monday's holiday to the efforts of organized labor. In my family, the yin and yang of unions was ever present. My father, the supervisor of a furniture warehouse in Philadelphia and thus part of management, was bedevilled by the Teamsters union. It imposed men on the payroll whom he often found sleeping or missing and it segregated work so that truck loaders couldn't be asked to sweep the floor during downtime. When he complained to the union, he was met with veiled threats of violence.

Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Tuesday earned the endorsement of a local electrical engineers union in her Senate bid.

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US Foods said Wednesday it is planning to close its distribution center in Anne Arundel County, a decision that could affect about 350 workers.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen picked up the second labor endorsement of his campaign for Senate on Friday, adding a 12,000-member teamsters union based in Washington to his list of supporters.

A Washington-based union with members in suburban Maryland endorsed Rep. Donna F. Edwards' campaign for Senate on Wednesday, becoming the first labor group to back the Prince George¿s County lawmaker's bid.

A proposal to give the president greater authority to negotiate international trade agreements has become an issue in Maryland's nascent Senate race after Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Wednesday accused her opponent of attempting to back away from past support of those deals.

Harry C. "Jack" Hull III, a retired financial consultant and an accomplished yachtsman who enjoyed competitive sailing and ocean racing, died April 5 at his Cleveland home of cancer. The former Annapolis resident was 68.

Howard County's newest district is also one of its more interesting state-level races.

Costco pays better because its workers are unionized

Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods.

Hotel organizing efforts in Baltimore and elsewhere, along with campaigns at other tourism-related businesses such as casinos, are part of a larger goal by unions to improve wages, benefits and working conditions in service sector jobs, union representatives and labor experts say.

Dissatisfied with an arbitrator's decision that Anne Arundel County must give deputy sheriffs the pay raises that were negotiated in their contract, county officials said they will appeal it.