Labor
Rally protests plan to shut 8 Chrysler plants
May 27, 2009STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — A thousand workers rallied at Chrysler’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) here last week to protest the planned closing of eight automobile factories in Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Delaware and Ohio in 2010...
Read morePassage of Employee Free Choice would be patriotic, veterans say
May 27, 2009(Workday Minnesota) MOORHEAD, Minn. - With the Memorial Day weekend at hand, veterans from five wars voiced their support for the Employee Free Choice Act in a press conference held at the Hjemkomst Center here. The...
Read moreRecession brings new challenges for injured workers, attorney says
May 25, 2009BRAINERD - The current economic crisis poses special challenges for injured workers, who may feel reluctant to report injuries they’ve incurred on the job, a noted workers’ compensation attorney says. “There’s a lot of fear in...
Read moreBlack trade unionists: Now is the Future.
May 23, 2009ATLANTA — The first major gathering of Black trade unionists since the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, is taking place in this city this Memorial Day weekend under the theme of “Now...
Read moreGLBT leaders side with labor union to boycott restaurants owned by GLBT ally
May 23, 2009Reposted from http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com Local government officials and GLBT activists are siding with UNITE HERE Local 30’s boycott of Old Town San Diego Historic Park’s restaurants Fiesta de Reyes and Barra Barra, owned by GLBT ally Chuck...
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