workers rights
Trumka: Minimum wage opponents ‘delusional’ if they think they’ve won
May 2, 2014AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka condemned the continued right-wing obstruction preventing millions of working families from getting a much-needed boost in income.
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Today in labor history: Nazis destroy unions
May 2, 2014On May 2, 1933, Adolf Hitler's storm troopers occupied all trade union headquarters across Germany, and union leaders were arrested and put in prison or concentration camps.
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CPUSA celebrates May Day with #ImagineSocialism
May 1, 2014The Communist Party USA salutes the working people of all nations on this May Day, International Workers' Day.
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Postal workers march to save the mail in 50 states
April 25, 2014Chanting "Whose post office? The people's post office!" Postal Workers and their union allies marched in Washington protesting the USPS scheme to run postal services out of Staples stores.
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TPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific
April 24, 2014Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.
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