worker rights
Myth of auto-giant Toyota
March 31, 2010Behind the recall is the "maximum rate of profit" law of capitalist production, Japan's Akahata newspaper exposes.
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Scabs paid to break British Airways strike
March 31, 2010Striking British Airway workers' union leaders have slated the airline's bosses for blowing millions of pounds on exorbitant wages and expenses for scabs attempting to break the cabin crew strike.
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Obama makes pro-labor recess appointments
March 29, 2010President Obama is bypassing Republican obstructionists in the Senate this week and naming 15 people to administration positions, which the GOP has blocked for an average of 214 days.
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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'...
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Mexican 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.
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