workers rights
Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
November 2, 2011World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
Read moreMiners demand prosecution of Massey execs
October 31, 2011Mine workers are now demanding criminal prosecution of 18 Massey Coal Company executives - including retired CEO Don Blankenship - for "industrial homicide."
Read moreFirefighters rally Browns fans against Issue 2
October 26, 2011Firefighters rallied tens of thousands of fans at last Sunday's football game between the Cleveland Browns and Seattle Seahawks.
Read moreFarmworkers take plea to government
October 21, 2011Carolina farmers perpetrate lousy working conditions in the state's fields, and the state Labor Department looks the other way.
Read moreTaxi workers win full AFL-CIO charter
October 21, 2011The National Taxi Workers Alliance made history when it officially became a full member of the nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO.
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