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The time is now for the rights of immigrants and all workers
October 21, 2013The time for government action is now. In the days and weeks to come, labor and immigrant rights organizations will hold more dramatic actions.
Read moreToday in labor history: General Motors agrees to end employment discrimination
October 18, 2013The turnaround came ten years after the commission had filed a complaint that African Americans, Latinos, other minorities, and women were being unfairly treated.
Read moreToday in labor history: “Salt of the Earth” strike begins
October 17, 2013The film was written/directed/produced by members of the original "Hollywood Ten," who were blacklisted for their refusal to cooperate with the government witch hunts against communists.
Read moreUnion leaders welcome end of shutdown, lifting of debt limit
October 17, 2013Union leaders welcomed Congress' end of the two-week partial federal shutdown and the decision to suspend the nation's debt limit, thus avoiding what would have been a first-ever default.
Read moreFast food workers rally vs. poverty wages
October 17, 2013Fast food workers and their supporters packed a Wendy's restaurant in Oakland Oct. 15, demanding a living wage and labor rights.
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