Keep It Made in America Tour: Stand up & fight for jobs, communities
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Steelworkers union President Leo Gerard joined Lansing, Mich., Mayor Virg Bernero, members of Congress, actor Danny Glover and the Rev. Jesse Jackson here as the “Keep It Made In America Tour” rolled into Michigan this week. The multi-city bus tour by workers, union leaders, city and state officials, car dealers and other local businesses, aims to mobilize working people in the fight to keep manufacturing jobs and rebuild a future for America’s heartland communities.
Labor, allies vow Never Again, one year after Postville immigration raid
POSTVILLE, Ia. — The people of this town will never forget what happened here a year ago, today. At first, there was confusion. There were so many helicopters in the sky and, one by one, they seemed to be landing everywhere. Men, armed to the teeth like commandos, jumped out and grabbed people on the streets.
