workers rights
No worker should have to sacrifice life or health on the job
April 29, 2013Each day in this country, 150 workers die from job injuries and occupational diseases. Around the globe, the toll is vast, with 2.3 million workers dying and 317 million workers injured on the job each year.
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Senate immigration bill: big advances, real dangers
April 23, 2013Numerous groups are working out their point-by-point analyses of the Senate bill, which is more than 800 pages long.
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New York tenants rise up to tackle housing crisis
April 23, 2013In a packed union hall, tenants from the five boroughs vowed to tackle tough housing issues including the power of landlords, developers and big banks they say is squeezing New Yorkers.
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Today in labor history: Cesar Chavez died
April 23, 2013Cesar Chavez was the founder and leader of the United Farm Workers union. The UFW achieved the nation's first industry-wide farm labor contracts.
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GOP pushes to replace overtime with comp time
April 19, 2013WASHINGTON (PAI)-Charging ahead with their ideological agenda, the right wing Republicans who run the House Education and the Workforce Committee voted on April 17 for one of their pet causes, replacing overtime with comp time.
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