Labor
NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race
May 31, 2013Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.
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Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
May 31, 2013UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
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Congress Hotel strike ends, fight of hotel workers goes on
May 31, 2013With the 10th anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike approaching, Unite Here Local 1, the union representing Chicago's hospitality workers, announced the end of strike on May 29.
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Striking Walmart workers’ caravan heads for firm’s headquarters, annual meeting
May 31, 2013A group of more than 100 Walmart workers from stores in Northern California, Miami, Boston, Denver and elsewhere started an extended strike on Memorial Day against the retail mega-monster.
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Today in labor history: Rosie the Riveter dies at 77
May 31, 2013Rose Will Monroe, who became famous as "Rosie the Riveter," died on May 31, 1997. During World War II, Monroe went to work in the aircraft industry as a riveter making parts for military airplanes.
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