Labor
In shadow of Disney World, May Day rally demands immigrant rights
May 3, 2013In the home of Disney World, hundreds of immigrants rally on May Day to demand the "right to work, right to live and right to stay together."
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Taken for a ride: temp agencies and ‘raiteros’ in immigrant Chicago
May 3, 2013Temp agencies and their corporate giant clients continue to profit off of low-wage, immigrant workers as this investigative report from ProPublica shows.
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May Day, a day for international labor solidarity
May 2, 2013What made May 1st special was the broad cross section of Michigan labor and faith leaders who proudly celebrated May Day.
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6,000 miners rally in fight for pensions
May 2, 2013"We are going to stand up, fight back and go to jail for our members - and that is something Peabody can't buy."
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ExxonMobil threatens to lock out union workers
May 2, 2013ExxonMobil's flat refusal to deal with safety issues at the largest refinery in the U.S. in Baytown, Texas has led the oil firm to threaten to lock out its 850 union employees.
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