workers rights
Workers ratify Cooper Tire deal, ending three-month lockout
February 28, 2012The membership of the United Steelworkers, Local 207L, by a 2-to-1 margin, ratified a new five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, ending an infamous three-month lockout at the company's Findlay, Ohio plant. Workers were...
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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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