worker rights
Rally at Supreme Court backs women Wal-Mart workers
March 29, 2011Women's rights advocates gathered for a Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart rally outside the Supreme Court this morning, as the court heard arguments in what could be the largest class-action civil rights suit in U.S....
Read moreNew Yorkers keep Triangle fire legacy alive
March 25, 2011NEW YORK (March 25) - Thousands of New Yorkers marked the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history - the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire - with a ceremony at the site where 146...
Read moreMaine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people
March 25, 2011Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...
Read moreUpper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast
March 24, 2011On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
Read moreTriangle fire: then and now
March 24, 2011While walking through the Evergreen Cemetery recently, located in Ridgewood Brooklyn, I came across a section dedicated to eight unidentified young women who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 1911.
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