The union representing Transportation Security Administration officers picketed outside Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday, asking the government to increase funding for the agency that is facing both a shortage of workers and rising security demands.

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The 50s:  Era of Business Unionism

A lawsuit against the state of Alabama for blocking the city of Birmingham's minimum wage increase alleges that the state violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Fast food workers, the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries and Alabama's Legislative Black Caucus are plaintiffs in the suit.