Labor
Biggest public worker union elects new president
June 25, 2012"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.
Read moreA win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan
June 25, 2012Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.
Read moreLabor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
June 25, 2012Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
Read moreTexas janitors on strike
June 25, 2012Many of the janitors employed by big corporations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Penzoil, Centerpoint Energy, and Reliant, do not make enough to provide food for their families.
Read moreJune 20: American Railway Union is founded in Chicago
June 19, 2012It was the largest labor union of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States.
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