Labor
Honor Dr. King and boycott Bissell products, workers say
January 18, 2010JOLIET, Ill. - As a way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., religious and labor leaders here announced a boycott of Bissell products after 70 workers were fired last year.
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Video: Boycott Hyatt
January 15, 2010Video of labor and allies confronting Hyatt Hotel Corporation.
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Autoworkers find little comfort in industry show
January 14, 2010Ford's Fusion Hybrid was named "car of the year" by Motor Trend. But the award will bring little comfort to unemployed autoworkers.
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Rite Aid workers fight for first contract
January 13, 2010When it comes to union busting, the retail drug giant Rite Aid is the "poster child" for why we need the Employee Free Choice Act, says Peter Olney, organizing director for the International Longshore and Warehouse...
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Challenging anti-government ideas
January 13, 2010We need to show that the American people through their struggles have established the basic institutions of democratic society including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Postal Service, the VA, public schools and libraries, and much more....
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