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AFL-CIO tackles rights violations in Honduras
April 9, 2012Honduras is violating the Central American Free Trade Agreement by not enforcing its own labor laws.
Read more‘Arab Spring’ unions get top rights award
March 26, 2012Two union federations that have been leaders in the "Arab Spring," in Tunisia and Bahrain, received the AFL-CIO's top human rights award.
Read morePayday lending makes banks big profits
March 13, 2012In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.
Read moreWorkers who staged second plant takeover face new challenge
February 29, 2012A group of determined Chicago workers who captured the attention of a nation three years ago when they took over their plant.
Read moreWant to raise your pay? Join a union
February 6, 2012Go show this column to your non-union neighbors.
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