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El uso de inmigrantes como peones por parte de los gobernadores del sur crea una emergencia en Chicago
May 16, 2023Apenas unos días antes de entregar su oficina al nuevo alcalde Brandon Johnson, la alcaldesa saliente Lori Lightfoot se vio obligada la semana pasada a declarar el estado de emergencia en Chicago debido al cruel uso de los inmigrantes como peones por parte del gobernador republicano de derecha Greg Abbott de Texas.
Read moreNew House committee chairs reflect GOP’s concept of diversity
November 28, 2012Boehner demonstrated the difficulty his party has with the concept of diversity yesterday.
Read more"States' rights" Republicans killing democracy, state by state
March 15, 2011Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.
Read moreToday in women's history: Anne Hutchinson banned from Bay Colony
March 22, 2013Not enough is said today about the role of women in formulating the basic beliefs we have about the nature of freedom itself.
Read moreUnite-Here rejoins AFL-CIO
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH — The last day of the AFL-CIO Convention opened on a high note as newly elected federation President Richard Trumka announced that Unite-Here is re-affiliating with the federation. The 250,000 member Unite-Here was one of the unions that left the AFL-CIO in 2005 to join the Change-to-Win federation.
Read moreNelson joins GOP in nixing labor board pick
February 09, 2010Indicating that workers face a tough fight in Congress for labor law reform this year, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., announced last night that he will help filibuster the president's nominee to the nation's most important labor relations agency.
Read moreA labor convention like no others opens in Pittsburgh
September 18, 2009PITTSBURGH - A labor convention different in more ways than one from any prior gathering of the labor movement in U.S. history opened here yesterday.
Read moreTwo of top three posts go to women in AFL-CIO election
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH -- In a session packed with emotion, delegates to the 26th AFL-CIO Convention yesterday elected a historic leadership team. Two women, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker join the new president, Richard Trumka, as the federation's top three leaders.
Read moreSupreme Court rules against affirmative action
June 30, 2009The Supreme Court today ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In a blow to affirmative action the court, in a 5-4 ruling, said New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on...
Read moreSixteen arrested in W.Va. after 11,000 march on Patriot Coal
April 02, 2013The actions, organized by UMWA, were in support of the union's campaign to save health care for retired miners and win better wages, benefits and working conditions for miners on the job.
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