workers rights
Indonesian domestic worker is beheaded in Saudi Arabia
June 29, 2011Jakarta stopped workers from traveling to Saudi Arabia after the beheading there of a 54-year-old Indonesian migrant worker June 17.
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Paid sick leave good for us all
June 27, 2011More than 40 percent of private sector workers do not have paid sick days they could use to recover from contagious illnesses.
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Steelworkers warn Congress: Don’t back trade that hurts workers
June 24, 2011The Steelworkers have laid out, again, a detailed case against all three pending "free trade" agreements - with Colombia, Panama and South Korea - circulating on Capitol Hill.
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It’s union time at America’s airports!
June 23, 2011After a ten-year struggle, 40,000 workers at 450 airports across the nation are celebrating today after choosing the AFGE as their union and sole bargaining agent.
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Unions turn up the heat on Colombia trade
June 22, 2011With the Republicans poised to write draft legislation affirming the controversial trade pact between the U.S. and Colombia, labor stepped up its drive against the agreement.
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