worker rights
May Day strikes and actions dot the Bay Area
May 3, 2012Bay Area unions and immigrant rights organizations marked May Day with picket lines, rallies and marches in cities around the region.
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Tens of thousands rally at Union Square May Day celebration
May 2, 2012Unionists, Occupy Wall Street supporters, immigrants, women, LGBT activists and the disabled filled Union Square from one end to the other on May Day.
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Walmart ordered to pay $4.8 million in stolen overtime
May 2, 2012The announcement was made as the enormous retail chain - and its attack on labor - became a focus of the annual May Day march held here yesterday.
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“Enough is enough”: Missouri residents demand energy giant pay taxes
May 2, 2012The rally was planned to coincide with Peabody Energy's corporate shareholders' meeting, which was being held at the Peabody Opera House.
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Thousands march peacefully in Chicago on May Day
May 2, 2012The rallies and march were testimony once again to the apparent success labor, immigrant rights and others have had in recent years re-claiming May Day.
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