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Butcher or hero? Ariel Sharon leaves harsh legacy

January 14, 2014 By Susan Webb

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a polarizing figure, died Saturday at age 85 after eight years in a coma.

Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing

January 14, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.

West Virginia chemical spill: a predictable water crisis

January 13, 2014 By Angie Rosser

Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, industry has worked diligently to weaken the law's enforcement and oversight.

Today in labor history: Tompkins Square Riot

January 13, 2014 By John Wojcik

The NYC police, on Jan. 13, 1874, overran a demonstration by thousands of unemployed in Tompkins Square Park in the neighborhood now called the East Village.

Does December jobs report mean recovery?

January 13, 2014 By John Case

Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?