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Labor’s Southern strategy finds a focus in Texas
February 26, 2014Thiry-four percent of Houston's children live in poverty. Overall, 22 percent of the people live below the official poverty level, with racial minorities the hardest hit.
Read moreUnions double down on Southern organizing after loss in Tennessee
February 19, 2014"You can always count on the brave workers it takes to ensure that all workers will, in the end, participate in how decisions are made at their workplaces."
Read moreUnemployment in Indian Country: A call to action
February 18, 2014There are many issues that the Native American community faces each day. The one issue that affects not just the Native American community, but burdens all of America is unemployment.
Read moreUAW: Majority at Tennessee VW plant sign union cards
September 13, 2013NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A majority of workers at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Tennessee have signed cards favoring the union's representation in creating a German-style works council at the plant, a top United Auto Workers official...
Read moreSocial media and labor: a perfect, and necessary, match
September 10, 2013The union members of tomorrow are not going to be reached in the same manner as their predecessors. Twenty-five percent of U.S. voters are no longer watching television
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