Labor
June 19: workers, families occupy Akron, Youngstown, and Hawaii
June 18, 2012Today in labor history ... an Occupy trio: 1934 first sit-down strike, 1937 Women's Day Massacre and 1953 four-day general strike in Hawaii.
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At DoubleTree, workers fight for “better Florida”
June 18, 2012Over 500 Unite Here members, brothers and sisters from other unions, and community allies rallied June 13 outside Orlando's only union hotel.
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Youth march for jobs and to end violence
June 18, 2012A spirited march of 150 youth and adult supporters stopped downtown traffic to honks of support on Saturday.
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Court blocks airline union vote
June 15, 2012Texas federal judge Terry Means has halted a planned union recognition vote among 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines.
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Mine workers stay neutral in presidential race
June 15, 2012The governing council of the union's campaign finance committee, or PAC, backed Smith's comment and added Romney is unacceptable so far, too.
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