Labor
28,000 home child care workers organize in N.Y.C.
November 9, 2007NEW YORK — In the biggest successful organizing campaign in New York City in almost 50 years, over 28,000 home child care workers have joined the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), the largest local in the...
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We will take New Orleans back
November 9, 2007NEW ORLEANS — It’s back to school time every fall all across America: you pack their lunches and send the kids off to school. Unless you live here. Two years after Katrina tore through the mouth...
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Children suffer in immigration raids
November 9, 2007For every two people detained in immigration enforcement operations, one child is left behind, according to a recent report, “Paying the Price: The impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children,” released by the National Council of...
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Whats behind the price of a soldiers gear?
November 2, 2007As our wars drag on with no end in sight, new technology is enabling more of our wounded troops to survive, and naturally, survival comes with added cost. From World War II to the present, the...
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Gulf workers confront race to bottom
November 2, 2007NEW ORLEANS — Renaissance Park in Baker, La., has a name that does it no justice. Home to Catherine Pitt, 31, an African American mother and her two children, it is row after row of cramped...
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