worker rights
IKEA in Virginia: A modern sweatshop
May 9, 2011"Your daughter gets sick. You take her to the hospital and turn in a doctor's note when you get back - one demerit. Death in the family, you stay home - one demerit."
Read moreWisconsin union battle moves to … Massachusetts?
May 9, 2011The overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts state House passed a bill that would limit the right of public employees to collectively bargain for their health care.
Read moreSweeney, prominent bishop challenge Catholic Church on action for workers
May 4, 2011Retired AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, one of the Catholic Church's most prominent laymen, and a bishop are challenging their church to live up to its own ideals on workers' rights.
Read moreOhio labor launches petition drive to repeal anti-labor bill
May 3, 2011Thousands of volunteers are fanning out across Ohio circulating petitions to repeal Senate Bill 5, a measure stripping collective bargaining rights from over 350,000 public employees.
Read moreRight-wing agenda in Memphis would reverse King era gains
May 3, 2011Even in Memphis. That's how far down the chain of state and local governments the right wing war on workers has extended - and take it from one who knows, Alvin Turner.
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