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Wells Fargo guilty of crimes against workers, rally charges

September 27, 2009

CHICAGO – Hundreds of labor, faith based and community leaders rallied here in front the downtown corporate offices of Wells Fargo Sept. 24 calling the bank guilty of criminal actions aimed at working people.

Labor journalists to look behind the scenes before G-20

September 27, 2009 By John Wojcik

Two weeks before the G-20 summit opens in Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic crisis, labor journalists from across the country will be in the Steel City to document what’s really going on with workers without...

World Notes: Somalia, Ecuador, India, Germany, Yemen, Cuba

September 26, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

U.S. military presence was on display last week in Africa. In southern Somalia, fire from a U.S. helicopter on Sept. 14 killed several al-Shabab rebels, among them Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, whom U.S. authorities accuse of...

Swine flu vaccine on the way

September 26, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Preparations for this year's flu season seem well underway as the H1N1 virus sweeps the country.

Machinists file lawsuit to save jobs

September 26, 2009 By Joelle Fishman

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Workers, elected officials and the entire labor movement are rallying to the aid of International Association of Machinists District 26 in their effort to save 1,050 jobs at two profitable Pratt & Whitney...