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Locked-out workers take message to Crystal Sugar’s doorstep

August 15, 2011 By Barb Kucera

More than 600 locked out sugar workers and supporters rallied outside the headquarters of American Crystal Sugar August 11, demanding an end to the lockout.

Protests erupt over cell phone shutdown

August 15, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit shut off cell phone access to commuters at train stations and protestors say the police violated their right to free expression.

Heartland workers, activists stand with CWA against Verizon

August 13, 2011 By Tom Sullivan

Why did workers, organizers and just plain folks rally in support of a struggle happening a thousand miles away? For CWA Local 6360 Vice President Todd Appleby, the answer is simple.

Police torture victims continue to seek justice, freedom

August 12, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued as a defendant in a lawsuit filed over decades-old allegations of police torture and a citywide conspiracy to cover it up.

Beep, honk: Verizon picketers get noisy support in upstate NY

August 12, 2011 By Esther Moroze And Bill Davis

The sounds of support from passing drivers reached us before we got to the picket line in an industrial area of Syracuse on Thursday.