Solidarity
Professor says award should go to Mexico’s electrical union
November 23, 2009Professor John Womack, an expert on Mexican labor history, has given up a prestigious prize, asking that it instead be awarded to the embattled Mexican Electrical Workers' Union.
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Justice bus rolls to stop wage theft
November 21, 2009HOUSTON — The Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center assembled a group of 30 labor activists to ride the Justice Bus here to bring attention to wage theft.
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AFL-CIO head denounces Honduras elections
November 18, 2009AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has weighed in on the planned November 29 elections in Honduras, with an open letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Panel tackles unsolved murder of U.S. unionist in Mexico
November 5, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)— Amid indications the Mexican government "would like to sweep the whole thing under the rug," as his union president says, a special Inter-American panel on Nov. 4 tackled the unsolved 2007 murder of U.S....
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French and U.S. labor fight plant closing in France
November 2, 2009American union members joined workers from the French union federationto demonstrate against Molex Inc in Lisle, Ill. Video included.
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