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CWA rallies for contracts at AT&T
April 9, 2012Hundreds of AT&T workers and their families filled the New Haven Green Saturday with a sea of red t-shirts and Communications Workers of America signs.
Read moreDemonstrators to focus on mass transit as a civil right
April 3, 2012The Occupy Wall Street movement and Amalgamated Transit Union jointly declared April 4 a National Day of Action for Jobs and Mass Transit and will demonstrate in 20 cities across the country.
Read moreLabor movement celebrates Saundra Williams
April 2, 2012"An outstanding and phenomenal woman," noted Metro Detroit Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) President Millie Hall about Metro Detroit AFL-CIO President Saundra Williams.
Read moreCourt ditches parts of Wisconsin’s anti-worker law
April 2, 2012Late Friday afternoon a federal judge here struck down two parts of GOP Gov. Scott Walker's 2011 anti-worker law that killed collective bargaining rights for workers.
Read morePressure builds to stop execution in Iran
April 2, 2012A last minute push by the Committee for the Defense of Iranian People's Rights to prevent the execution of Iranian teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari is in full gear today.
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