strikes
Workers see sugar lockout as part of bigger anti-union push
August 9, 2011Workers believe that American Crystal Sugar has locked out 1,300 employees at seven plants in three states in order to take advantage of the nationwide attacks on unions.
Read more1,300 locked out sugar workers fight for jobs, families
August 4, 2011Workers are locked outside company gates as their union battles an employer they say is determined to slash health benefits and weaken job security.
Read moreVerizon workers to take strike vote July 25 (video)
July 22, 2011Verizon workers and retirees face the fight of their lives, as the profitable telecom corporation tries to take back every hard-earned benefit.
Read moreHundreds join Congress Hotel strikers at 8th Anniversary rally
June 16, 2011Sixty workers who have been on strike at Chicago's Congress Hotel for eight years were joined June 15 by hundreds of supporters at a rally outside the hotel.
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers
January 17, 2011As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, public workers are under fierce attack across the country.
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