workers rights
New rights pact signed as Colombia hunger strike continues
August 9, 2012The Labor Department, Colombia and the ILO signed another agreement to protect workers' rights, even as a hunger strike by Colombian workers continued.
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Caterpillar strikers carry on David vs. Goliath battle
August 7, 2012The company forced a strike with a draconian contract offer that would slash wages, increase health care costs and demolish pensions. Workers rejected the offer by a vote of 504-116.
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CWA workers fighting for a fair contract with AT&T
August 7, 2012AT&T "is manufacturing a crisis that doesn't exist" so it can squeeze us while making billions in profits every quarter. "They're trying to take away our benefits, slash our health care, trying to underfund our pensions."
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Today in labor history: Remembering Florence Reece
August 3, 2012Reece will be forever known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" written in 1931 during the "Harlan County War" strike in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organizer.
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Houston church, NAACP support striking janitors
July 31, 2012Ada Edwards, a former Houston city councilor, spoke along with the pastor at St. John's Methodist Church. When you win, we all win, she told the hundreds of workers at the rally.
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