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Mexican labor leader takes message to Washington

February 6, 2010 By Gail Ryall

Humberto Montes de Oca of the Mexican Electricians' Union (SME) was on his way to Washington to lodge a complaint with NAFTA authorities over labor violations.

Workers give Marriott a wake-up call

February 4, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Area workers give Marriott a wake-up call on health care and contract negotiations.

Machinists fight for their pensions

February 2, 2010 By Bruce Bostick

"If predatory bankers can come in here and steal the pensions these workers earned, then nobody in our nation is safe!" said Jim McClellan, president of International Association of Machinists District 54.

Fancy suits for some, but workers get shaft

February 1, 2010 By Rick Nagin

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Workers from the Hugo Boss clothing firm are battling to stop the company from closing one of the last remaining domestic clothing plants and moving to Turkey.

Lawsuit charges Border Patrol with harassing Latinos

January 28, 2010

The U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement agencies in northwest Ohio restrain and interrogate Latinos about their immigration status based solely on their Hispanic appearance, a lawsuit filed by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee charges.