Labor
Civil rights, labor alliance mobilizing black voters to repeal SB 5
November 2, 2011The civil rights movement and the labor movement have joined forces in a statewide campaign to get African-American voters to the polls Nov. 8, to restore union bargaining rights in Ohio by voting "No on Issue...
Read moreUnion leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
November 2, 2011World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
Read moreMass Day of Action gains broad support in Oakland
November 1, 2011Occupy Oakland's Nov. 2 mass day of action is gaining broad support from unions, community organizations and faith groups.
Read moreAFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security
October 31, 2011The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."
Read moreEyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields
October 28, 2011"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."
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