Labor
Steelworker runs for Ohio council seat
August 30, 2013BROOKLYN, Ohio - When Republicans in the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 5, designed to wipe out public workers' pensions, in 2011, it was personal for young Marc Bukszar.
Read moreFast food workers’ strike is “March on Corporate America”
August 30, 2013At yesterday's fast food workers strike, Rep. Barbara Lee told workers, " There's no way workers should have to work for minimum wage and still have to rely on food stamps, Section 8 and Medicaid."
Read moreToday in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded
August 29, 2013With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.
Read moreToday in labor history: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28, 2013On August 28, 1963, Maryland police reported, "By 8 a.m., 100 buses an hour were streaming through the Baltimore Harbor Tunne" heading for Washington, D.C.
Read moreFire Fighter leader blasts hypocritical politicians
August 28, 2013The nation's politicians, from the federal government on down to city halls, are hypocritical in praising Fire Fighters and other first responders, then cutting public safety budgets.
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