Labor
Reclaiming May Day: Marching together for all workers
May 10, 2008U.S. workers are reclaiming May Day, which they initiated over 120 years ago, and are giving the day new meaning in the drive to end the war and occupation in Iraq. Reflecting the holiday’s origins when...
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Video/Audio: Labor Says No to Housing Cuts
May 3, 2008NEW YORK - Trade unionists, housing activists, and residents of New York City public housing gathered at City Hall today to protest the Bush administration's proposed budget cuts to the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
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Penn. labor calls for election unity
April 11, 2008PHILADELPHIA — Unity was the watchword at last week’s Pennsylvania state AFL-CIO biennial convention, as the 721 delegates cheered calls for a united effort to put a Democrat in the White House and to defeat John...
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Week of action unites students, workers
April 11, 2008Imagine a world where everyone who chooses to can go to college. Picture a world where workers on school campuses and in communities have a voice about their working conditions and where the fruits and vegetables...
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Im in a world of hurt
April 11, 2008Shawn Boone did not die instantly five years ago at the Hayes Lemmerz plant in Huntington, Ind. He was lying on the floor, his body smoldering, as the aluminum dust burned through his flesh and then...
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