Labor
For California’s farm workers, justice delayed
July 7, 2011California Gov. Jerry Brown surprised many when he vetoed a law needed to ensure that farm workers could actually practice their rights.
Read moreFarm workers protest veto of Calif. card check bill
July 6, 2011California's Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to use the card check method to unionize. Brown refused to meet with the farm workers and the 25 legislators that...
Read moreThe meaning of Blair Mountain
July 6, 2011Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but coal operators pressed to have it removed in 2010.
Read more750,000 walk off jobs in Britain
July 1, 2011Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.
Read moreTexas legislature finally finishes, leaving trail of wreckage
July 1, 2011That long loud shrieking shudder you heard on June 29 was the entire population of Texas breathing their sigh of relief; the legislature had finally ended its reign of terror and gone home!
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