worker rights
Ten dead, a hundred injured in bloodstained Chicago field
May 25, 2012They were on strike but the strike was just a week old so people were not yet in the direst of straights.
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Coalition asks members to lobby for Paycheck Fairness Act
May 24, 2012The drive kicked off when Senate Democrats announced that Senate leaders promised them a vote on the legislation.
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Striking Los Mineros leader describes horrifying conditions
May 18, 2012Our town is where the Mexican Revolution began in 1906, at a time when miners there were virtually enslaved.
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Orlando could be first in South to require paid sick time
May 18, 2012Community activists kicked off a campaign for a ballot initiative that would require private employers to offer their workers up to seven days of paid sick leave.
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Unions blast judge for halting new election rules
May 16, 2012Unionists blasted a ruling by a federal judge throwing out the union election rules changes the National Labor Relations Board recently implemented.
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