Labor
Postal unions welcome continuation of Saturday deliveries
April 11, 2013But the unions added saving Saturday is not enough. Postal Workers President Cliff Guffey said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe still want to speed up mail sorting center closures.
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New Yorkers demonstrate for immigration reform
April 11, 2013While Congress debates immigration reform, New Yorkers joined the thousands demonstrating in Washington D.C. yesterday with a local march.
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Unions and allies jam Capitol for immigration reform
April 11, 2013The crowd demanded Congress pass legislation providing a path to citizenship and other legal rights for the estimated 11 million undocumented people in the U.S.
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Today in labor history: Immigrant rights mega marches sweep U.S.
April 10, 2013Today in 2006, tens of thousands of immigrants demonstrated in 100 U.S. cities in a national day of action billed as a campaign for immigrants' dignity.
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Equal Pay Day wage gap still at 77 cents on the dollar
April 10, 2013It took women on the job all of 2012 and every day of 2013 up until April 9 to earn the eqivalent that men earned in 2012 alone.
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