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Workers blast threat to shut down U.S. Postal Service

September 6, 2011 By John Wojcik

Postal Service employees say threats by the U.S. Postal Service to shut down this winter because of a $9.2 billion deficit are part of a "manufactured crisis" designed to privatize the world's largest mail delivery system.

Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries

September 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".

Job and wage loss major issues on Labor Day

September 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

A report on U.S. occupations - sorting 366 defined jobs data into high-income, middle-income and low-income posts - reveals data to back what workers know by instinct: The jobs that disappeared in the Great Recession were...

Why women unionists back others under attack

September 2, 2011 By Karen J. See

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "There are only two ways to bring about protection for workers... legislation and unionization."

Chicago Southeast Side rally for teachers (with video)

September 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Teachers, steelworkers, electricians, firefighters and other union members, their families and supporters, rallied here on the Southeast Side to defend teachers and union rights.