Human Rights
No country for old people
March 16, 2016Is there a human right to age in dignity? Some countries think so. Unfortunately, ours isn't one of them.
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Immokalee Farmworkers: Boycott Wendy’s for human rights abuses
March 14, 2016The coalition wrote Wendy's a decade ago, saying the chain should pay decent wages and stop human rights abuses in the fields, following guidelines of the coalition's Fair Food Program.
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Immigrants in Texas: ICE detention center is “the dog pound”
March 10, 2016Yanira Lopez Lucas and her children are among the Central American refugees who have made the dangerous journey across the border to escape violence and turmoil.
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At #COP21, unions lobby hard for human rights and “just transition”
December 4, 2015Just transition: discussed, debated and tweeted from Paris by global union, Indigenous, social justice, environmental and women climate activists as well as developing countries.
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Today in history: It’s Persons with Disabilities Day
December 3, 2015The theme for 2015 is: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment of people of all abilities
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