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Community-labor coalition cheers minimum wage ordinance in San Diego

August 22, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

But even as the San Diego Labor Council hailed the new measure, it warned about an underhanded petition to undermine it.

Mothers Day flowers nice but equal pay better

May 9, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

A total of 4.7 million moms and their families would see an increase in wages. That's one fifth of all working moms and their families who would benefit.

The Ludlow Massacre: Never to be forgotten!

April 18, 2014 By Bill Knight

The tragic, brutal and deadly attack on striking miners and their families shocked, saddened and outraged working people and most Americans.

Immigration activists arrested at civil rights meet

April 11, 2014 By Evlynn Wier

The protest, organized by United We Dream, was to "protect Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of civil rights for all, including the immigrant community."

Ohio, the other border

April 8, 2014 By Maribel Hastings

Every Tuesday night in Painesville, Ohio, immigrants with a common denominator meet at a converted church: they are protagonists or collateral damage in the government's deportation machine.