Labor

                
  • Virginia students sit in, 17 arrested in solidarity with campus workers for living wage

    Virginia students sit in, 17 arrested in solidarity with campus workers for living wage

    April 21, 2006

    Seventeen University of Virginia students were arrested on the Charlottesville campus April 15 because they staged a four-day sit-in at the university president’s office. The students demanded the administration accept its “moral responsibility” and commit to...

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  • Thousands march for immigrant rights in San Antonio

    Thousands march for immigrant rights in San Antonio

    April 20, 2006

    SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio School District students walked out of classes April 10 along with students from Alamo District to protest the immoral Sensenbrenner bill, HR 4437, which would criminalize many immigrants as “illegals” and...

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  • Victory! France scraps anti-labor law

    Victory! France scraps anti-labor law

    April 14, 2006

    French President Jacques Chirac bowed April 10 to the pressure of millions of students and workers marching across France and withdrew a hated law granting employers the right to fire a young worker at will for...

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  • Injuries lead nurses to quit. Union launches drive for state regs

    Injuries lead nurses to quit. Union launches drive for state regs

    April 7, 2006

    Saying huge numbers of on-the-job injuries from lifting and turning patients causes ever-increasing legions of nurses to quit, American Federation of Teachers’ nurses division launched a drive for state legislation mandating that hospitals install devices to...

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  • Labor law reform in France

    Labor law reform in France

    April 7, 2006

    More than a million people in France have taken to the streets against their conservative government’s attempts to change the country’s labor law. According to the conventional wisdom here in the United States, “Old Europe” is...

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