Labor
Hotel workers hit the bricks for fair contracts
August 4, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Hotel workers on both sides of San Francisco Bay took to the streets last week in their struggles for fair union contracts. Over 1,400 members and supporters of Unite Here Local 2 marched...
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Workers signing union cards at Yale-New Haven Hospital
August 4, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Nobody can take away your courage,” said Carmen Boudier, president of New England 1199 SEIU, to a large audience of workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital who came to sign up for the...
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Chicago to Wal-Mart: Pay a living wage
August 4, 2006CHICAGO — A packed gallery erupted into jubilation as the City Council passed an ordinance July 26 making Chicago the largest city to set minimum wage and benefit standards for retail giants like Wal-Mart. The measure...
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High pesticide exposure found among migrant workers
July 28, 2006RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It could be a father hugging his children after a day’s work in the tobacco field, or pesticide residue on his clothing washed with family laundry. Maybe it was children playing in...
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Faulty seals a factor in Sago mine blast
July 28, 2006BUCKHANNON, W. Va. (PAI) - Faulty seals in an abandoned part of the Sago, W. Va., coal mine were one factor in the lethal Jan. 2 blast that killed 12 miners and injured a 13th, a...
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