Labor
Triangle fire memorial draws parallels with today
March 22, 2011WASHINGTON (PAI) - A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today. The fire in Manhattan killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost...
Read moreArizona unions and basketball fans support Wisconsin
March 22, 2011Tucson unions put on a strong show of solidarity with Wisconsin recently by showing up at the University of Arizona's McKale Center before the University of Wisconsin basketball team took to the court in a second...
Read moreLabor & community join mercado workers’ struggle
March 21, 2011OAKLAND, Calif. - Some 30,000 California workers, many of them in the San Francisco Bay Area, are employed by mercados - Latino, Asian and other ethnic grocery stores numbering many recent immigrants among both workers and...
Read moreVideo: Chicago federal workers slam budget cuts
March 18, 2011Over 200 federal workers and their supporters used their lunch hour on March 16th to protest budget cuts.
Read more“No Business as Usual Day” will press workers’ rights
March 17, 2011Members of union locals all over the country are laying plans now to make April 4th a day to remember at the nation's workplaces.
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