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Eyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields
October 28, 2011"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."
Read moreOhio unionists ramp up push against anti-worker law
October 28, 2011Ohio unionists are ramping up their campaign to repeal right-wing Gov. John Kasich's anti-worker anti-union law, as a Nov. 8 referendum on it nears.
Read moreAnti-union water outfit now in court on contamination charge
October 28, 2011One of the nation's biggest private water companies, which is pursuing an anti-union campaign, is also in federal court for water contamination and an attempted cover-up.
Read moreManufacturing jobs coming back to the U.S.? What’s the catch?
October 27, 2011The big-name Boston Consulting Group issued a report titled "Made in America Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S." But the key word in the title is why.
Read moreCalifornia car wash workers win union contract
October 26, 2011On Tuesday, workers at Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif. reached a contract, becoming the first-ever Southern California car wash to unionize, reported the AFL-CIO.
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