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Teachers’ leader: ALEC kills rights for corporate power

December 5, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

ALEC "strips away rights" of workers and voters "in the interests of the power they represent," AFT president Randi Weingarten says.

Lawrence & Memorial hospital nurses locked out

December 4, 2013 By Joelle Fishman

Locked out nurses and tech workers at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have put their jobs on the line to protect quality patient care and stop privatization and union busting.

Protesting poverty wages lands them in jail

December 3, 2013 By Matthew Voges

At the intersection of Snelling and University Avenues in St. Paul, Minnesota, 26 were arrested on Black Friday afternoon, Nov. 29, for protesting poverty wages.

AFGE: GOP senators want to “Walmartize” workforce

November 27, 2013 By PAI

Three GOP senators want to "Walmartize" federal workers by eliminating regular pensions for all new hires.

Lorain, Ohio unions elect independent slate

November 26, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

The election report to delegates at the Central Labor Council (CLC), in this union-dense Ohio home of the state's largest steel and auto manufacturing facilities, was one of a different type this November.