activism
Michigan unions battle private sector right to work law
February 20, 2013Disregarding a move by Michigan's GOP governor to take the issue straight to the state Supreme Court, Michigan unions sued to overturn the state's "right to work" law affecting private sector workers.
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Join Days of Action for worker rights in Mexico
February 19, 2013Actions in the U.S. will vary from protests to delivering letters to Mexican government consulate offices.
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Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally
February 15, 2013Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.
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Today in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born
February 15, 2013Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.
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Avondale shipyard story could get a happy ending
February 7, 2013The long struggle by thousands of Avondale shipyard workers here to save their jobs appears to have been successful.
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