worker rights
Biden blasts “right-to-work”
February 6, 2014Business and right wing backers of so-called "right to work" laws really want "the right for them to eliminate your right to have a say in your work."
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Power company continues lockout despite big snowstorm
February 6, 2014Utility Workers Union of America System Local 102 today strongly criticized the continuing lockout of nearly 150 utility workers.
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U.S. unionists back domestic worker from India
February 6, 2014A group of U.S. unionists made it quite clear to India's ambassador to the U.S. that his nation's diplomats should stop treating their own domestic workers as serfs.
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Altoona rally backs locked-out utility workers
February 5, 2014The show of support heartened the members of Utility Workers Local 102, who have manned a constant picket line.
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Today in labor history: Rubber workers start huge sit-down strike
January 29, 2014The sit-down tactic proved extremely effective. Workers literally sat in at their jobs and refused to leave. As a result, the company was unable to hire scab replacements.
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