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Uranium plant, run by scabs, fined for toxic leak
July 5, 2011An accident at a uranium-processing plant in Metropolis, Ill, shows the danger of using scab labor in a plant that requires sophisticated and trained workers.
Read moreIt’s union time at America’s airports!
June 23, 2011After a ten-year struggle, 40,000 workers at 450 airports across the nation are celebrating today after choosing the AFGE as their union and sole bargaining agent.
Read moreHoneywell lockout threatens thousands in Illinois and Kentucky
January 21, 2011United Steelworkers local 7-669 and the Steelworkers international Union issued a well researched report this week outlining the health and safety hazards posed by the use of scab replacement workers to operate Honeywell's Metropolis Illinois plant.
Read moreUrzúa, miner number 33
October 19, 2010Chilean miner #33, Luis Urzúa, the leader of the entrapped group, embodies Chile's history from Allende to Pinochet to now with working-class dignity and tenacious faith in his fellow miners and humankind.
Read moreWorld cheers Chilean miners rescue
October 13, 2010SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Oct. 13 to the cheers of millions around the world.
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