Public Workers
We Are One Illinois fights back
October 31, 2011Thousands of union members overflowed the Illinois Statehouse to defend their pensions and collective bargaining rights.
Read moreNot this old lady! GOP caught in “Grannygate” SB 5 scam
October 31, 2011The granny in "Grannygate" is Marlene Quinn, a 78-year-old Cincinnati woman whose grandson and great granddaughter were saved by firefighters in a house fire a year ago.
Read moreWorkers hit streets to repeal union-buster SB 5
October 31, 2011Labor activists held a rally in Cleveland to mobilize voter turnout in the Nov. 8 election to defeat Issue 2 and repeal SB 5, the law that strips public employees collective bargaining rights.
Read moreOhio unionists ramp up push against anti-worker law
October 28, 2011Ohio unionists are ramping up their campaign to repeal right-wing Gov. John Kasich's anti-worker anti-union law, as a Nov. 8 referendum on it nears.
Read moreJourney by bus to a state capital: A firsthand account
October 28, 2011It was six in the morning of Oct. 26 and two busloads of motivated Chicago teachers and friends were on their way to Springfield to rally and lobby to protect their pensions.
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