Labor
Bread and Roses struggle continues
January 12, 2012This morning in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the local high school Girl's Ensemble was scheduled to sing "The Internationale" at City Hall.
Read moreLorenzo Torrez, copper miner, Communist leader, dies at 84
January 9, 2012Lorenzo Torrez, leader of the Communist Party, a staunch yet quiet spoken fighter for union rights and Mexican American equality, died New Years Day in Tucson.
Read moreCongress staggers home to angry constituents
January 3, 2012The God-forsaken Republican-run 112th Congress staggered home for an almost month-long recess. After what it did and did not do, workers and their allies are using the break to give those lawmakers an earful.
Read moreAfter one year of Walker, Wisconsin seems poised for change
January 2, 2012Was it the Christmas spirit or the street heat that was getting to Walker? The governor will soon find out that 2012 is going to be a whole lot hotter.
Read moreHyatt continues attack on housekeepers
January 2, 2012The Hyatt hotel chain seems determined to continue an attack on housekeepers that it began more than a year ago when it fired veteran employees in Boston and replaced them with lower paid temporary workers.
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