Labor
Gulf Coast Update
June 16, 2006Levees ‘in name only,’ says report AFL-CIO invests $1 billion for affordable housing Extend jobless benefits for 80,000 workers Public housing residents reclaim apartments Undocumented face abuse, hazardous conditions
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Pro-labor candidate to oppose Schwarzenegger
June 9, 2006Labor and progressive forces scored significant victories and mounted important challenges in California’s June 6 primary election. A strong grassroots campaign by labor and its allies was the biggest factor in State Treasurer Phil Angelides’ 48-43...
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Rally fights deportation: Keep families together
June 9, 2006CHICAGO — Over 100 community supporters, including religious leaders and elected officials, rallied here in front of the immigration court building June 1 as about two-dozen former employees of IFCO Systems, who were arrested as part...
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$5.15 an hour wont cut it: Campaigns to raise the minimum wage sweep the country
June 9, 2006Because Congress has refused to raise the $5.15 an hour minimum wage since 1997, coalitions of labor, religious and community groups are organizing voters to do so, one state at a time. So far 21 states...
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Rage for the Wage high schoolers lead the way
June 2, 2006They could not find enough seats so they sat on the Capitol steps. Over 100 high school students from across Ohio gathered in Columbus on May 17 to present their minimum wage petitions to the committee...
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