Labor
A call for justice in the tobacco fields
April 1, 2010Tobacco workers joined by supporters from organized labor and community organizations, marched through the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday.
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Temple health care workers strike for dignity, patient care
April 1, 2010Some 1500 nurses and professional and technical workers struck at Temple University Hospital Wednesday morning after working without a contract for seven months.
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Jobs With Justice scores wage theft victory over InkStop lockout
March 31, 2010It takes a fight to win and Cleveland Jobs With Justice is celebrating its role in a massive repayment of stolen wages in a settlement that has labor lawyers shaking their heads.
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There they go again! GOP denies jobless benefits to thousands
March 30, 2010When Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma left for his "Spring Break" on March 29, he also left some 200,000 jobless Americans without badly needed money to provide for their families.
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Unions, passengers unite to save mass transit and jobs
March 30, 2010Thousands of transit workers and passengers rallied at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on March 27 to demand federal funding for public transit systems nationwide.
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