Labor
Airport concession workers picket for labor rights
October 29, 2012Solidarity was in the air Oct. 26 as members of UNITE HERE! Local 2850 and other unions and community groups held an informational picket...
Read moreTeamsters sanitation workers picket private firm in 19 cities
October 29, 2012Some 1,000 Teamsters sanitation workers picketed a private refuse company, Republic/Allied Waste, in 19 cities nationwide on Oct. 25.
Read more“Vote Transit” says union!
October 26, 2012A downtown rally of transit union workers and their friends underlined the national union's political program.
Read moreToday in labor history: Women’s rights figure Elizabeth Cady Stanton dies
October 26, 2012On this day in 1902, social/political activist and proto-feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton died, after living a life of achievements.
Read moreA battle to the finish over California’s Prop 32
October 26, 2012Proposition 32, "Stop Special Interest Money," is being funded by shady corporate front groups unleashing a torrent of money as Election Day nears.
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