Labor
Vigil held to protest murder of undocumented worker
March 7, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A poster-sized photograph with flowers and votive candles formed a sidewalk altar in front of the Sacramento County Main Jail Feb. 26, as more than 40 activists held a press conference and protest-memorial...
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COMMENTARY: The Big Lie about employee free choice just keeps getting bigger and bigger
March 7, 2009Human Events, the right-wing magazine that Anne Coulter describes as the place where she really feels at home, sent out alerts all over the Internet March 6 claiming that Vice President Joe Biden was meeting “in...
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Memo to Obamas auto task force: build mass transit
March 7, 2009DETROIT — As the situation for autoworkers and all American workers continues to decline, stopping the hemorrhaging loss of jobs is clearly a top priority. So here’s a suggestion for President Obama’s auto task force: include...
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National AFL-CIO calls on California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8
March 7, 2009MIAMI - As the AFL-CIO Executive Council gathers in Miami this week, hearing addresses from Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis dealing with the economic crisis and its impact on workers across...
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AFL-CIO endorses talks aimed at labor unity
March 7, 2009MIAMI — “Now is the time to bring the union movement back together,” the AFL-CIO declared in a March 4 statement authorizing discussions aimed at re-uniting its unions with those of the rival Change to Win...
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