Pennsylvania
Unions warn about phony emails and other voting problems
November 6, 2012Union activists at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and the state's Service Employees International Union say that African American voters here are the targets of emails warning them not to vote the "straight Democratic" ticket because it supposedly...
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Pa. voter coalition fired up by repressive ID law
August 24, 2012The non-partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Coalition field office is up and running at 310 W. Chelten Ave.
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Workers bashed in Pennsylvania
July 16, 2012In one of the most extreme cases of worker bashing to balance a budget, the mayor unilaterally cut the wages of city workers to the $7.25 hourly federal minimum.
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Today in labor history: The Johnstown mine disaster
July 10, 2012On July 10, 1902, a powerful explosion occurred in the Rolling Mill coal mine in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Most of the 112 miners who lost their lives in this disaster were immigrants from England, Poland and Slovakia....
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NLRB: GOP heavy hitter Adelson must bargain with guards’ union
June 7, 2012None of the 40,000 workers at any Sands casino are unionized.
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