worker rights
Labor takes the stage in immigration reform fight
March 23, 2010Leaders of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions took part in the enormous March 21 immigration reform rally in Washington, arguing that fairer treatment of immigrant workers is essential to the struggle for all workers'...
Read moreMexican government on full-blast offensive against workers
March 17, 2010There is a strong, yet indirect, link to the Mexican government's attack on workers and current drug-related violence, analsyt Emile Schepers points out.
Read moreWhile golfers play, locked out workers picket
March 16, 2010PLEASANTON, Calif. - Bright spring grass, gentle breezes, a tree-lined country road. It should have been an idyllic setting for the golfers fanning out across the fairways at Castlewood Country Club on a sunny Sunday morning....
Read moreSenators float biometric ID for immigration reform
March 10, 2010Sens. Graham and Schumer consider biometric IDs for workers as central to immigration reform.
Read moreWorker rights are key to economic recovery, union leaders say
March 5, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The economy cannot truly recover unless the United States moves out of "the dark ages" in the area of workers' rights, top labor leaders said here this week.
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