Labor
UFCW, SEIU lead suit against discriminatory Arizona law
May 20, 2010PHOENIX (PAI) - The United Food and Commercial Workers and the Service Employees with civil liberties groups are leading, a class-action suit to stop Arizona's new law targeting people based solely on the suspicion - due...
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Chicago transit workers: get trains and buses rolling again
May 18, 2010They appear everywhere in uniform and are a constant reminder of the high cost of the state budget crisis: they are the 1,200 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers.
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Cleveland Jobs with Justice celebrates
May 18, 2010Celebrating working-class victories and preparing for the fight ahead, Cleveland Jobs With Justice held its 13th Annual Spring fundraiser May 17.
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Fishermen take a beating from oil spill
May 14, 2010NEW ORLEANS - Chet Held, 48, has been fishing the waters here off the Gulf Coast since he was a little boy.
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Steelworkers lobby for jobs, jobs, jobs — good, green and safe
May 14, 2010WASHINGTON — "Our people want to work!" Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio declared at the 1,000-strong Steelworker Rapid Response Conference here on May 6.
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