unions
Wal-Mart job-killing “Trojan horse,” says new report
January 12, 2011Allowing Wal-Mart open a store here would be akin to letting in an economy-killing "Trojan Horse," says this city's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and he has a study to prove it.
Read moreBig business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill
January 6, 2011CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.
Read morePublic workers in the bull’s-eye
January 5, 2011Taking advantage of the economic crisis, the Republicans and Wall Street have placed public workers in the bull's-eye of their attack.
Read moreOregon workers petition for jobs, safety net
January 5, 2011With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.
Read moreTexans face tough fights
January 4, 2011With their two-thirds GOP majority in the Texas House, the right wing hopes to curtail the right of Texas workers to join unions.
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