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Farmworker rights bill awaits Calif. gov’s signature

September 16, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Now awaiting California Gov. Jerry Brown's signature is a bill to greatly strengthen the rights of the state's 400,000 farmworkers.

400 union women at confab demand equality and union rights

September 16, 2011 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Over 400 union women came to the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 16th Biennial Convention in Orlando, September 7-10, to demand equality and to defend union rights. The women came from many different unions to speak...

After elections, Guatemala turns right

September 16, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Guatemala held presidential and parliamentary elections Sept. 12 and, as expected, the far right was the biggest winner.

Postal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts

September 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.

Hyatt workers end weeklong strike with protest at ‘heat lamp hotel’

September 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds of striking workers concluded their strike yesterday with a picket and protest at the Park Hyatt, which won notoriety when management there turned heat lamps on striking workers in July.