workers rights
Workers brave cold to lobby lawmakers on “right-to-work” danger
January 27, 2012Members from turning out to Champlin City Hall to learn more about a coming threat: a proposed "right to work" amendment to the Minnesota constitution.
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Indiana House passes right to work for less bill
January 26, 2012In an assault on workers and their unions in the heart of the once heavily industrialized and unionized Midwest, Indiana's Republican-controlled House passed a right to work for less bill yesterday.
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Will Twinkies, Kodak wreck the American dream?
January 24, 2012It seems another American icon is being chiseled away.
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Tentative agreement could end West Coast longshore battle
January 24, 2012The tentative agreement may defuse a tense standoff as the Longview dockworkers wage a valiant battle to defend their jobs.
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Ignoring public opinion, Indiana Senate approves “right to work”
January 24, 2012Despite mass opposition to the so-called right to work bill, the Indiana State Senate yesterday approved the measure.
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