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Delta baggage handler files suit over retaliatory firing
June 12, 2015Hedges has been active in trying to organize a union among ground workers at Delta and in 15Now, a movement to raise wages among airport workers to $15 an hour.
Read moreRetired people add their voices to anti-Rauner upsurge
June 12, 2015Some media and folks with cameras were threatened; told that they were violating the Homeland Security Act. Really.
Read moreRetaliation at Illinois factory ignites labor alliance
June 11, 2015Members of Chicago Jobs with Justice as well as Jobs to Move America coalesced in downtown Chicago to declare their support for a worker fired in retaliation for whistleblowing.
Read moreNew Jersey unions go toe to toe with Christie over pensions
June 11, 2015Unions representing N.J. state and local government workers vowed that the fight over Chris Christie's pension payment cuts is not over.
Read moreLeo Gerard: Fast Track wrong for workers and environment
June 11, 2015"Leaders from environmental, labor, civic, and faith groups agree: Fast Track is a bad deal for our climate and our communities."
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