workers rights
Steelworkers rally in solidarity with Mexican miners (with video)
February 28, 2012Steelworkers led a rally including union members, along with faith-based, community and occupy activists last Saturday, Feb. 25, in solidarity with the Mexican miners.
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AFL-CIO leader champions day laborers’ quest for humane immigration reform
February 24, 2012Many, undocumented, risked arrest and possible deportation. But they would not be deterred in their quest.
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Trumka lauds low-wage workers’ progress in self-organizing
February 24, 2012Richard Trumka spent a two-day February swing through California lauding car wash workers, home health care aides, domestic workers, and day laborers.
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Union says collective bargaining protects pregnant women
February 24, 2012With business discrimination against pregnant female workers still widespread, the Service Employees contend one of the best ways to battle it is through collective bargaining and union contracts.
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Outcry by 33,000 ignored: Sugar giant turns away petition
February 23, 2012Hundreds of locked-out workers and community supporters tried to serve a petition on American Crystal Sugar's CEO, Dave Berg.
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