Wages
Dallas sanitation workers fight for a living wage
July 19, 2010Civil rights activists gathered in the historic Mt Olive Lutheran Church on the morning of July 17 to help the United Laborers Union Local 100 gain support for sanitation workers
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Construction workers continue strike in Chicago
July 12, 2010Some 15,000 construction workers in Chicagoland have been on strike for weeks over wages and health care benefits.
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Closing the racial wealth gap
July 5, 2010Racial wage gap between black and white workers is shrinking, but the all-class gap between black and white is growing.
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Wal-Mart makes deal with unions on Chicago stores
June 25, 2010Wal-Mart makes a deal with Chicago unions on wages, community development fund and PLAs -- Project-Labor Agreements -- after a six-year bruising battle.
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Protesters address Ohio Union’s design and employee treatment
April 23, 2010Chants and drumbeats rang outside the new Ohio Union as two groups took advantage of the opening ceremonies Monday to draw attention to two very different issues.
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