Labor
Young workers discuss future in labor movement
May 14, 2008“Why don’t young workers have an affiliate within the AFL-CIO?” This was one of the questions raised on May 3rd in a strategy session held at the National Conference of Jobs with Justice. young workers, organized...
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Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts
May 13, 2008WASHINGTON--Top company officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where nine miners perished in August 2007, concealed facts that would have prevented the deaths and should be criminally charged, according to a Congressional report...
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Protect Social Security customer service
May 10, 2008Workers’ CorrespondenceWe thought the push to privatize Social Security was dead. Failing to privatize Social Security, the administration has slashed the agency’s budget. These tactics ensure that the next time we have to fight to save...
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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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