Labor
This Week in Labor
June 17, 2008This Week in Labor for 6/21 Most unions now back Obama Unions that were neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are quickly lining up in the Obama camp. Among those that have just...
Read moreA small picket line turns into a mass outpouring
June 14, 2008CHICAGO – 60 workers who have, for five years, been taking turns to march the picket line in front of the Congress Hotel here could not conceal their joy June 11 as thousands of trade union...
Read moreLong denied their rights, domestic workers find their voices
June 14, 2008WEST MILFORD, N.J. — She came from Guatemala and landed a job as a live-in housekeeper here. Her workday started at 5:30 a.m. and ended at midnight, seven days a week. She cooked, cleaned, watched children,...
Read moreColorado and around the U.S.: Workers hit streets vs. Big Oil & McCain
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Unions begin big election effort
June 14, 2008Targets include South, Midwest and ‘Ohio, Ohio, Ohio’With the primary season over, labor is wasting no time jumping into the fall campaign. The 10-million-member AFL-CIO is expected to endorse Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee,...
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