worker rights
Wisconsin voters reject Walker-linked candidate
April 6, 2011Riding the wave of anti-Scott Walker sentiment, political newcomer, Democrat Chris Abele handily beat his Republican opponent for Milwaukee County Executive April 5, the position held by Walker before elected governor.
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Poll: Americans side with public workers and their unions
April 5, 2011Though unions are under attack in states from Wisconsin to Maine by tea party-backed Republican governors, they are winning the war of public opinion, according to the results of a new poll.
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After 64 years, still paying the price for Taft-Hartley
April 5, 2011How did the landmark anti-labor legislation, backed at that time by Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon, come to be the law of the land?
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2,000 rally for union rights on U.S.-Canada border
April 4, 2011Union members from Canada and the United States rallied at Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canada border, April 2, as part of the April 4 week of We Are One events.
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It’s not just Wisconsin: a nationwide counteroffensive is emerging
April 4, 2011It is fair to say a new phase of a struggle is afoot, in which labor and its allies could turn the tables decisively in their favor.
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