Labor

                
  • 16 workers die per day, report says

    16 workers die per day, report says

    May 4, 2007

    PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (PAI) — Just about two years ago, plumber Charles “Mike” Morrison was helping dig a trench in a Pinellas Park, Fla. But the trench had straight sides, not sloping sides, and B&B Plumbing...

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  • Ohio labor runs for office

    Ohio labor runs for office

    May 4, 2007

    LORAIN, Ohio — One Central Labor Federation in northern Ohio has really taken the national AFL-CIO resolutions on political action to heart, at least the part that calls on union members to run for office. Four...

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  • Labors flame still burns for justice

    Labors flame still burns for justice

    May 4, 2007

    CHICAGO — August Spies told his executioners that if they went ahead with the hanging they would ignite a fire that could never be put out. He and three other Haymarket martyrs were indeed hanged because...

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  • On May Day, call rings out for immigrant rights

    On May Day, call rings out for immigrant rights

    May 4, 2007

    CHICAGO — Hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights activists and supporters marched through downtown here May 1, demanding an end to raids and deportations, and calling for comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship for...

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  • The bell tolls again for workers

    The bell tolls again for workers

    April 27, 2007

    PITTSBURGH — A hand-fabricated metal chime will ring out here on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, tolling for workers killed on the job starting with two miners who died April 17 in Barton, Md. Mike Wilt,...

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