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Workers celebrate victory over Starbucks
January 20, 2011Members of the Starbucks Workers Union held demonstrations at branches of the coffee shop giant across Manhattan on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as they've done for years. This year, the union had something...
Read moreMichigan governor goes down old, no-solution path
January 20, 2011Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address last night showed that his drive to "reinvent" Michigan is neither new nor a balm for this crisis-weary state.
Read moreShop Talk: Freelancers go union, paid family leave a success
January 17, 2011Unemployed people lucky enough to find new jobs are making less than they did before and almost 40 percent took a 20 percent cut in pay.
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers
January 17, 2011As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, public workers are under fierce attack across the country.
Read moreA blind eye for terror in Colombia
January 14, 2011In Washington, business interests are pushing the Obama administration to submit a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement for congressional approval. Yet terror prevails under the new regime of President Juan Manuel Santos
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