workers rights
Arizona next battleground in workers’ rights war
February 2, 2012Neither the state AFL-CIO's efforts nor the special election recall loss in November of a key radical right ally stopped GOP Gov. Jan Brewer
Read moreThousands join picket lines at Kaiser Permanente’s California hospitals
February 1, 2012Thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California marched on picket lines.
Read moreUnion membership up slightly, despite attacks
January 31, 2012Membership in unions increased by 49,000 from 2010 to 2011, including 15.000 new members in the 16 to 24-year-old range.
Read moreEgypt’s new labor movement comes of age
January 31, 2012The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has just announced to Egypt and the world that it has come of age.
Read moreDomestic workers and their children march for rights
January 27, 2012One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client: "What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself," she said.
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