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Miners and farmers challenge Mexico’s copper giant
April 16, 2015"The government and Grupo Mexico are making history but backwards, taking away the right to strike and the right to industrial safety."
Read moreHousekeepers on strike at Chicago’s Monaco Hotel
April 16, 2015"I love my job, but it has been very difficult. I clean sixteen rooms every day. When I get home from work I feel pain all over my body."
Read moreUnions and environmentalists descend on DC to oppose fast track
April 16, 2015The TPP would give firms and investors "rights and privileges" that make it safer to take production overseas to low-wage, labor and human rights violators.
Read moreAFL-CIO launches six-figure ad campaign to stop Fast Track
April 16, 2015As soon as Congress introduces Trade Promotion Authority, the AFL-CIO will launch a massive six figure advertising campaign.
Read moreUnions make LA ground zero for raise the wage movement
April 16, 2015Californians, from Berkeley to San Diego, were out in force in yesterday's Global Day of Action to raise the wage.
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