Labor
Black unionists assail wage, wealth gaps
June 1, 2007Stressing civil rights and labor rights, delegates eye 2008 elections CHICAGO — Answering the question, “Are the civil rights and labor movements united?” with a resounding “more than ever,” the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists held...
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Labor/equality alliance lives
May 25, 2007It is appropriate that Chicago, where the fight for the 8-hour day began so dramatically at Haymarket Square 120 years ago, is the site of this year’s Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention. Chicago is also...
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Laundry workers vow to strike till we win
May 25, 2007CHICAGO — Some 20 laundry workers who have been on strike since last July at Lechner and Sons, a uniform-rental and industrial laundering company in nearby Mount Prospect, Ill., joined with community and labor leaders to...
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Labor, immigrant rights groups: No two-tier society
May 25, 2007The Senate-White House compromise bill on immigration reform was no sooner submitted than it ran into a storm of opposition. Thee measure was sharply criticized by key components of the immigrant rights movement. Numerous labor, Latino,...
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San Antonio hosts immigration meet
May 18, 2007SAN ANTONIO — Fourteen national leaders of U.S. unions and civic organizations and a member of the Mexican Congress participated in the First International Forum on Immigration here, May 5. It was convened by Jaime Martinez,...
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