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Right-to-work legislation enables the one percent

November 2, 2011 By John Rummel

Michigan Senate Bill 729 is another insidious attack on working people initiated by the Republican-controlled legislature.

Civil rights, labor alliance mobilizing black voters to repeal SB 5

November 2, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

The civil rights movement and the labor movement have joined forces in a statewide campaign to get African-American voters to the polls Nov. 8, to restore union bargaining rights in Ohio by voting "No on Issue...

In Ohio town, Solidarity Day rally vows to repeal SB 5

November 2, 2011 By Tim Steinhelfer

Hundreds rallied on the courthouse lawn in Newark, Ohio, on Oct. 30, "Solidarity Day," calling for repeal of Ohio's union-busting SB 5 law.

Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs

November 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.

Social Security workers rally in 140 cities to protest cuts

November 1, 2011 By Bruce Bostick

Hundreds of Social Security workers, members of the American Federation of Government Employees, and their supporters staged rallies in Ohio and across the nation Oct. 27 to protest huge proposed cuts to Social Security.