Labor
Today in labor history: Phone workers call for union
November 14, 2013The National Federation of Telephone Workers - later to become the CWA - was founded today in New Orleans in 1938.
Read moreAsbestos survivors blast GOP bill
November 14, 2013One survivor calls the legislation "one-sided, unfair and unnecessary."
Read moreNew Trans Pacific trade partnership stirs worries
November 14, 2013The New York Times reported serious worry in the U.S. Congress about the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.
Read moreSupreme court wrestles with outlawing card check and other union rights
November 13, 2013Some right-wing anti-union moves ran into an apparently skeptical U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13.
Read moreToday in labor history: Death of unionist Karen Silkwood
November 13, 2013Her life was featured in Silkwood (1983), an Academy Award-nominated film based on an original screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.
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