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GOP attacks public workers collective bargaining rights
February 09, 2011Republicans legislators and the Republican governor in Ohio are intensifying their campaign to turn public workers into scapegoats for the economic problems in their state.
Read moreObama turns up the heat on big business
February 07, 2011The president's speech to the Chamber of Commerce Feb. 7 was much more than the "thaw with business leaders."
Read moreIndian workers on Gulf Coast fight modern day slavery
February 03, 2011Hundreds of workers from India who were forced into modern day slavery at Gulf Coast shipyards for more than a year after Hurricane Katrina are demanding that federal courts certify their lawsuit as a class action against the company that hired them.
Read moreThe nation’s football players: “Let us play!”
February 02, 2011Members of the NFL Players Association, are facing the possibility of being out of work if their bosses follow up on threats to lock them out when their contract expires March 4.
Read moreGOP: no to jobs, attack women instead
February 01, 2011In addition to ignoring the jobs mandate, Republicans have now introduced a bill that redefines rape and incest as only that which is "forcible."
Read moreUnion members march on Koch billionaire secret meeting
January 31, 2011Hundreds marched on a secretive gathering of billionaires that constitutes the core financial support for numerous right-wing causes.
Read moreU.S. union leader jailed in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners
January 27, 2011The United Steelworkers has condemned the Jan. 24 arrest of Manny Armenta, one of its international representatives, by customs officials in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
Read moreTroops line up in fight to stop GOP attack on government
January 27, 2011Senate Democrats came out swinging Jan. 26 against a GOP budget plan they said risks the loss of 1 million jobs.
Read moreLabor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges
January 26, 2011The labor movement is reacting positively to the vision of the future put forward by President Obama in his State of the Union speech.
Read moreShop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more
January 22, 2011Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'
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