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Unions benefit Asian Pacific American workers

January 19, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

When it comes to wages, health insurance and workplace retirement plans Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) enjoy major benefit advantages if they belong to unions, according to a new report.

Trumka: State of the Union must be a call to action on jobs

January 19, 2011 By John Wojcik And Jordan Farrar

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged President Obama to make next week’s State of the Union Address a “call to action, a call to invest in our future, to create jobs, to be the country we can...

Black unionists link MLK Day with action

January 19, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

Over 200 people attended the 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Award Banquet here on Jan. 17

We still remember you, Frank Little

January 19, 2011

This little 118-page booklet is the first time anybody has even tried to bring the facts of Frank Little's life and murder together.

Ohio rallies show surging anger over cuts

January 18, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Militant rallies in Columbus and Cincinnati on Friday voiced mounting anger at threats by Republican Gov. John Kasich to slash jobs, services and union rights.