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U.S. students win ‘new day’ for Honduran workers
November 19, 2009In a big victory for a U.S. student campaign, Russell Athletics, the largest supplier of team uniforms and apparel, agreed to reopen a Honduran factory that it shut down after its workers formed a union.
Read moreFeeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here
November 19, 2009Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.
Read morePaid sick days called key to slowing swine flu
November 18, 2009Unions, family advocates and health professionals are pressing Congress to pass emergency paid sick days legislation so workers can stay home if they get sick.
Read moreHousekeepers march in support of ‘Hyatt 100’
November 17, 2009CHICAGO - Hundreds of women, members of Unite Here Local 1, marched and rallied at the Hyatt hotel, telling the mega-chain to rehire 100 housekeepers it fired in Boston.
Read moreAsian Pacific American worker hearing hailed as labor milestone
November 17, 2009The first-ever National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing was an emotional event for Asian Pacific trade unionists.
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