workers rights
Today in labor history: The International Labor Organization founded
January 30, 2014After the devastation of WWI, a commission was established to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice, and the ILO was...
Read moreThousands jam Pennsylvania’s capital to protest union-killing bill
January 28, 2014Thousands jammed the streets around the State Capitol building here today to protest the latest in a sting of attempts by state Republicans to kill union rights for public workers and eventually all workers in Pennsylvania.
Read moreMedicaid fight in Virginia takes off
January 28, 2014The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.
Read moreFirst Energy: Locks out workers, blacks out customers
January 14, 2014It was just after sunrise only three days before Thanksgiving, that security guards clamped locks on the gates at FirstEnergy in central Pennsylvania, barring 150 workers from their jobs.
Read moreAt Nissan and beyond, workers’ rights are civil rights
January 14, 2014Thanks to the works of those who came before us, this new generation is equipped with the knowledge of how to make change, and it is become more and more apparent what we need to fight...
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