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Recall campaign opens new Wisconsin battlefront

March 7, 2011 By John Bachtell

50,000 people showed up March 5, surrounding the Wisconsin Capitol in a river of determination and a joyous celebration of solidarity.

Labor plans national mobilization April 4th

March 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor is planning a mass mobilization nationwide on April 4 to support workers' rights, specifically the right to collectively bargain.

Afghanistan: Time to go!

March 4, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Nearly three quarters of Americans want an early end to the Afghanistan war. Now is the time to press President Obama and Congress to set an exit plan with a speedy timetable for withdrawal.

Defeat Ohio’s SB5

March 3, 2011 By Wally Kaufman

Today 36% of public workers are union members which corresponds very closely to 37% of the total U.S. workforce unionized from the 1960s to 1980s.

Latino community rejects DOJ whitewash in Gutierrez case

March 3, 2011 By Gail Ryall

A coalition of community and labor activists in Sacramento, California are demanding justice for Luis Gutierrez who was fatally shot by three deputies last year and were recently cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice.