Labor
Retirement home residents rally for workers
August 30, 2010Their hair is gray, some use walkers or canes, but that didn't stop them from rallying to support 38 workers "replaced" during a contract dispute.
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Muslim worker asks federal probe of Disney discrimination
August 30, 2010The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been asked to probe Disney's discrimination against a Muslim woman worker.
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Palin is new Joe McCarthy, says AFL-CIO Trumka
August 27, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sarah Palin's radical right rhetoric is "poisonous, dangerous and strikes of McCarthyism."
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Disney worker rejects employer’s substitute hijab
August 23, 2010ANAHEIM, Calif. - Is Disney policy part of the Islamophobia being trumpeted by the ultra-right?
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Union delegates resolve to build record voter turnout
August 23, 2010HARTFORD, Conn. -- Union activists pledge to knock on 36,000 doors before Election Day in this battleground state.
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