Labor
How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?
November 4, 2011The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.
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Workers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues
November 3, 2011Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.
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Right-to-work legislation enables the one percent
November 2, 2011Michigan Senate Bill 729 is another insidious attack on working people initiated by the Republican-controlled legislature.
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In Ohio town, Solidarity Day rally vows to repeal SB 5
November 2, 2011Hundreds rallied on the courthouse lawn in Newark, Ohio, on Oct. 30, "Solidarity Day," calling for repeal of Ohio's union-busting SB 5 law.
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We Are One Illinois fights back
October 31, 2011Thousands of union members overflowed the Illinois Statehouse to defend their pensions and collective bargaining rights.
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