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Ethiopian immigrant Tefere Gebre shakes up labor organizing
September 10, 2013Gebre's first attempt at union organizing in Orange County was a smashing success. He successfully signed up 400 workers who toiled as sorters of trash.
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Elizabeth Warren at AFL-CIO meet: “If we don’t fight, we don’t win”
September 9, 2013LOS ANGELES - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the outspoken Massachusetts Democrat, told delegates at the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention here Sunday that the agenda of the labor movement and its allies has always been and continues to be...
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Labor takes a look behind kitchen door
September 9, 2013The second-largest private sector industry in America has a big problem: its workers are paid unlivable wages, and typically cannot eat the very food they are putting on customers' tables.
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As matter of survival, unions double down on diversity
September 9, 2013The 50-plus unions of the AFL-CIO redoubled its efforts to diversify its ranks and leadership with more women, workers of color, LGBT and young workers.
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Video: L.A. port truck drivers go on 24-hour strike
August 27, 2013They are striking to protest harassment and intimidation by company management, all unfair labor practices.
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