Labor

                
  • Ludlow massacre site dedicated as national landmark

    Ludlow massacre site dedicated as national landmark

    June 29, 2009

    Original source: Mine Workers (UMWA) leaders, union activists, lawmakers and historians will dedicate the site of the 1914 Ludlow Massacre—one of the bloodiest chapters in the nation’s labor history—as a National Historic Landmark. On April 20,...

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  • Rite Aids wrong, workers tell shareholders

    Rite Aids wrong, workers tell shareholders

    June 28, 2009

    Original source: Rite Aid workers at the drug chain’s distribution center in Lancaster, Calif., took their years-long fight for justice to New York City yesterday, where they urged the company’s shareholders to fire management’s hired-gun, union-busting...

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  • 12 Senate Dems are key on employee free choice, union leader says

    12 Senate Dems are key on employee free choice, union leader says

    June 27, 2009

    There are 12 “wavering” Senate Democrats that supporters of labor law reform need to be concerned with, Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen told the union’s legislative conference in Washington this week. Democrats hold a...

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  • Unionists demand universal health care at DC rally

    Unionists demand universal health care at DC rally

    June 27, 2009

    WASHINGTON (PAI)—Declaring Congress must listen to the voters, and not the health insurance companies, thousands of health care advocates—led by unionists—demanded universal, affordable health care in a mass rally on June 25. The crowd, featuring more...

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  • Massive Capitol Hill rally demands real health reform

    Massive Capitol Hill rally demands real health reform

    June 27, 2009

    WASHINGTON -- Thousands of union members and ordinary citizens massed on Capitol Hill on Thursday to make their voices heard for a progressive health care reform with a public option. The crowd at the demonstration, organized...

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