Labor
Gulf Coast Update
May 12, 2006Rally calls for oversight on workers’ rights Workers, community organizations and members of the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO marched and rallied at the city’s federal building May 2 to expose the rampant abuses of workers’ rights...
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Protests rock Puerto Rico: Workers say Let the rich pay for fiscal crisis
May 12, 2006Protest rallies and marches have rocked Puerto Rico since May Day, when the government closed down 43 agencies, throwing 95,000 people out of work due to a budget shortfall of $738 million. More workers have been...
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AFSCME honors Dr. Martin Luther King in Houston
May 11, 2006HOUSTON - On April 29, AFSCME Local 1550 held a commemorative event for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at St. John Missionary Baptist Church here. The Rev. Dr. Michael P. Williams of Joy Tabernacle and the...
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Why we fight for immigrant rights
May 5, 2006Many workers — union and nonunion — ask why unions support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Why, as one member puts it, are we fighting for the “illegals who have been taking our jobs”?...
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Rivers of marchers flow through the streets for united families, legalization and rights
May 5, 2006Northern California: Rivers of white-clad demonstrators flowed through the main streets of Bay Area cities and towns on May 1 — 120,000 in San Jose, 40,000 in Sacramento and in San Francisco, 25,000 in Oakland and...
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