unions
Chicago hotel workers to Bruce Rauner: Give back the money!
October 23, 2014Rauner has made stopping what he calls the "chokehold" that special interests have on Illinois state government a key part of his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
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Michigan autoworkers gear up for Nov. 4 elections
October 21, 2014The union expects that anger over Republican anti-union legislation will help drive large numbers of people to the polls.
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“Sixteen Tons,” a novel about coal miners, invites us to rethink capitalism
October 15, 2014"Sixteen Tons" represents violent behavior on all sides, urging us to reflect on the circumstances in our class culture that foster brutality.
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Leader of 50-million member labor federation blasts Nissan in Mississippi
October 14, 2014"We are not going away until these Nissan workers win the right to a union, as the 150,000 unionized Nissan workers elsewhere."
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Trumka backs measure to limit crimes classified as felonies
October 14, 2014He stressed that mass incarceration of people of color is not a result of a higher crime rate, but of laws that criminalize a whole class of people.
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