worker rights – Page 228

Pro-union rallies spread, message deepens

February 28, 2011 By Jean Paul Holmes

For many who feel the country has been hijacked by corporate power the union democratic model is appealing.

Kentucky unions rally at the Capitol

February 28, 2011 By Erich Fryer

For an hour and a half Saturday February 26, a multi-generational, multi-racial crowd of over 200 stood in the cold outside the Kentucky capitol building singing songs, chanting, and listening to speeches.

Cheesehead solidarity: 3,000 jam Wash. state capital

February 28, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Roaring solidarity with Wisconsin workers, many in the crowd wore Green Bay Packer "cheesehead" foam hats, symbolizing how the "Cheddar Revolution" has spread nationwide from America's Dairyland.

Philadelphia rally for Wisconsin workers: Everybody needs a union

February 25, 2011 By Ben Sears

A dense crowd packed the Thomas Paine Plaza across from City Hall for a lunchtime rally Feb. 24 to support embattled workers in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

Conn. gov joins in “We are one with the workers of Wisconsin”

February 25, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

"I am proud to stand with you and the workers of Wisconsin," Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy told hundreda at a Hartford rally Tuesday.