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Black unionists link MLK Day with action

January 19, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

Over 200 people attended the 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Award Banquet here on Jan. 17

NLRB tells states they can’t ban card-check unionization

January 19, 2011 By John Wojcik

The NLRB declared recently passed amendments to state constitutions banning the card check method of union recognition null and void.

Seattle MLK march message: stop police violence

January 19, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

More than 2,000 people marched Martin Luther King Day, protesting brutality and use of lethal force by officers of the Seattle Police Department.

At King birthday rally, elected officials urge grassroots involvement

January 19, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Bay area elected officials addressed a crowd that packed the great hall at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 to honor the great civil rights and peace leader.

Thousands of Israelis march against “witch-hunt”

January 18, 2011 By Susan Webb

Center and left Israelis, including political parties and human rights organizations, warn that Israel hasn't learned the lessons of the 1950s McCarthyite hysteria in the U.S.