Labor

                
  • Duke Energy workers smell a rat

    Duke Energy workers smell a rat

    June 16, 2006

    HOUSTON β€” A giant inflatable rat was the featured participant in a protest at Duke Energy headquarters here by members of Pipeline Workers Local 798. The workers came from Tulsa, Okla., to protest the unfair practices...

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  • Gulf Coast Update

    Gulf Coast Update

    June 16, 2006

    Levees β€˜in name only,’ says report AFL-CIO invests $1 billion for affordable housing Extend jobless benefits for 80,000 workers Public housing residents reclaim apartments Undocumented face abuse, hazardous conditions

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  • Rally fights deportation: Keep families together

    Rally fights deportation: Keep families together

    June 9, 2006

    CHICAGO β€” Over 100 community supporters, including religious leaders and elected officials, rallied here in front of the immigration court building June 1 as about two-dozen former employees of IFCO Systems, who were arrested as part...

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  • $5.15 an hour wont cut it: Campaigns to raise the minimum wage sweep the country

    $5.15 an hour wont cut it: Campaigns to raise the minimum wage sweep the country

    June 9, 2006

    Because Congress has refused to raise the $5.15 an hour minimum wage since 1997, coalitions of labor, religious and community groups are organizing voters to do so, one state at a time. So far 21 states...

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  • Rage for the Wage  high schoolers lead the way

    Rage for the Wage high schoolers lead the way

    June 2, 2006

    They could not find enough seats so they sat on the Capitol steps. Over 100 high school students from across Ohio gathered in Columbus on May 17 to present their minimum wage petitions to the committee...

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