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AFL-CIO: Penalize Bangladesh until it protects workers
May 14, 2013The AFL-CIO is demanding the U.S. government yank trade preferences from Bangladesh until that South Asian nation really shows a commitment to protecting its workers.
Read moreNY City Council passes family leave
May 14, 2013By a 45-3 margin, the NYC Council on May 8 passed a bill mandating paid sick or family leave for millions of workers in thousands of businesses. The margin can override any threatened mayoral veto.
Read moreNo worker should have to sacrifice life or health on the job
April 29, 2013Each day in this country, 150 workers die from job injuries and occupational diseases. Around the globe, the toll is vast, with 2.3 million workers dying and 317 million workers injured on the job each year.
Read moreTar sands refinery expanding just south of Chicago
April 23, 2013A Chicago Earth Day rally protested construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the threat tar sands oil poses to freshwater, air and climate. It was one of scores of actions held across the country.
Read moreTexas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
April 23, 2013The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
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