Webb, a Grayson repairman and welder for AK Steel in Ashland who has been active in United Steelworkers of America, is making his first bid for public office. York, a former Carter County magistrate who was appointed by then-Gov. Full Article at Kentucky.com

Anxiety over the fate of Tucson copper miner Asarco LLC has run high among business owners, community officials and union leaders since a federal judge awarded control of the bankrupt company two weeks ago to Grupo Mexico SAB. Full Article at AZ Central.com

TORONTO - A hearing to determine the legality of Vale Inco's use of office workers to do striking miners' jobs has been postponed. Full Article at Canadian Business Online

The company's Arizona and Texas mining and refining operations will finally be free from environmental liabilities that drove it into bankruptcy in 2005, said Jorge Lazalde, vice president and general counsel for Grupo Mexico subsidiary Asarco Inc. Full Article at Beatrice Daily Sun

US-COLOMBIA: ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 24 (IPS) - Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of "union busting", paying its workers " Full Article at Inter Press Service

SOUTH GLENS FALLS –— Members of United Steelworkers Local 1478 at the South Glens Falls mill of SCA Tissue North America have ratified a labor contract that constitutes a master labor agreement for union workers at all SCA Tissue operations. Full Article at The Saratogian