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Truckers find their voice on Twitter
April 13, 2010One of the most influential truckers on Twitter is TruckerDesiree, who has 5,786 followers and is a whistleblower on truck driving school scams.
Read moreRecalling the Holocaust
April 12, 2010It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.
Read moreKyrgyzstan: A “free market” disaster
April 09, 2010The convulsions in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan have a lot less to do with the yearning for democracy there than they do with the aftermath of the World Trade Organization's forced "liberalization" of its economy.
Read moreArkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 06, 2010The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
Read moreMarch jobs not enough to reduce unemployment rate
April 02, 2010This morning's release of the government employment report showed 162,000 payroll jobs gained in March, the largest jump in three years.
Read moreA call for justice in the tobacco fields
April 01, 2010Tobacco workers joined by supporters from organized labor and community organizations, marched through the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
Read moreObama makes pro-labor recess appointments
March 29, 2010President Obama is bypassing Republican obstructionists in the Senate this week and naming 15 people to administration positions, which the GOP has blocked for an average of 214 days.
Read moreLabor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
March 12, 2010Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining up to support the legislation which they say will create one million jobs.
Read morePlan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
March 10, 2010CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
Read moreUnions plan June conference to draw youth into labor movement
March 09, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The labor movement, determined to build its membership among the nation's youth, will sponsor a Young Leaders Conference this June in Washington.
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