Labor
Illinois governor to strikers: ‘You speak for all on health care’
September 13, 2009“This picket line is really speaking for all the people of Illinois who need decent health care,” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn told striking workers at SK Hand Tools Corporation. “Health care is not a privilege. It’s...
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Labor Day, Abe Lincoln and the EFCA
September 13, 2009I’ve been walking in the Labor Day parade here in St. Louis since I can remember. I come from a union family and as a union member and activist, I’ve always felt compelled to spend this...
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Labor Day celebrated in Chicago with calls for solidarity
September 13, 2009Even in the face of the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, "labor solidarity does indeed work." So declared Gail Warner before a festive Sept. 7 Labor Day event at the Pullman State Historic...
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It’s the working class
September 13, 2009I got my all time favorite t-shirt from the AFL-CIO online store. It's black with red lettering and reads, "Kicking Ass for the Working Class." The "Kicking Ass" part appeals to my Southern roots, experiences like...
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Sept. 10: Day of action on Employee Free Choice
September 13, 2009The fight for workers’ freedom to form unions comes to Washington, D.C., tomorrow night, as advocates, activists and concerned citizens travel here to visit their senators and demand passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
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