Labor
Employee Free Choice key to redressing economic hits against people of color
June 7, 2009Original source: Nothing beats getting out of a think tank long enough to find out what’s really going on. Seth Freed Wessler, a researcher at the Applied Research Center, did just that, traveling to Michigan where...
Read moreRI workers go to court, press lawmakers to protect rights
June 6, 2009PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Workers who were locked out of their jobs at a local factory in January have filed a federal lawsuit against their former employer and the private equity firm that shut the plant down.
Read moreAs GM slashes, where do we go from here?
June 6, 2009DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick...
Read moreAs GM slashes, where do we go from here?
June 6, 2009DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick...
Read moreAs GM slashes, where do we go from here?
June 6, 2009DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick...
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