Labor
On eve of Obama visit, Mexicos miners battle for rights
April 17, 2009On the eve of President Obama’s visit to Mexico, a possible major confrontation is brewing between the Mexican Mine and Metal Workers Union and the conservative, pro-business government of President Felipe Calderon. Since Monday, April 13,...
Read moreRally boosts Employee Free Choice, family values, healthy communities
April 16, 2009NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — “We are the poster-child for the Employee Free Choice Act! It even said so on the front page of the newspaper,” said United Food and Commercial Workers organizer Tim Mullins, addressing a...
Read moreJanitors make noise downtown in contract fight
April 16, 2009CLEVELAND — In a spirited rally, dozens of janitors marched through lobbies of downtown buildings here last week to support union officials in difficult bargaining for a new three-year contract. At the North Point-Jones Day Building,...
Read moreLabor unites around new immigrant workers rights initiative
April 16, 2009A major breakthrough has occurred in the long running struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and their families. On Tuesday representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country’s major labor union federations, announced...
Read moreLabor: Bank bailout money being misspent
April 15, 2009When Bank of America stockholders gather in Charlotte, N.C. on April 29 they will probably breathe a sigh of relief when, after they make their way past the thousands of protesters outside, they finally get to...
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