worker rights
Workers win biggest union election in Alabama in ten years
June 13, 2012Workers at the Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant here voted last week by a better than two-to-one margin to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
Read moreTransit union applauds ban on reckless bus firms
June 8, 2012The Amalgamated Transit Union is praising the federal government for ordering 26 unsafe bus firms to stop plying the nation's roads.
Read moreConsumer group demands end to sugar lockout
June 8, 2012A top pro-labor consumer group asked American Crystal Sugar to resume bargaining with the 1,300 workers the firm locked out 10 months ago.
Read moreIranian union leader calls for workers’ solidarity
June 7, 2012Due to my trade union activities, I was arrested and incarcerated. I was brutally attacked and beaten during my arrest, and severely afflicted, physically and psychologically.
Read moreIn Missouri, some Republicans help stop anti-union push
June 7, 2012A dozen or so Republicans signaled their leadership that they wanted no part of the anti-union agenda.
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