Labor
Rite Aids wrong, workers tell shareholders
June 28, 2009Original source: Rite Aid workers at the drug chain’s distribution center in Lancaster, Calif., took their years-long fight for justice to New York City yesterday, where they urged the company’s shareholders to fire management’s hired-gun, union-busting...
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12 Senate Dems are key on employee free choice, union leader says
June 27, 2009There are 12 “wavering” Senate Democrats that supporters of labor law reform need to be concerned with, Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen told the union’s legislative conference in Washington this week. Democrats hold a...
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Unionists demand universal health care at DC rally
June 27, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)—Declaring Congress must listen to the voters, and not the health insurance companies, thousands of health care advocates—led by unionists—demanded universal, affordable health care in a mass rally on June 25. The crowd, featuring more...
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Massive Capitol Hill rally demands real health reform
June 27, 2009WASHINGTON -- Thousands of union members and ordinary citizens massed on Capitol Hill on Thursday to make their voices heard for a progressive health care reform with a public option. The crowd at the demonstration, organized...
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South Carolinians point to Sanfords real misdeeds
June 26, 2009South Carolina AFL-CIO President Donna DeWitt quickly brushed aside questions about Gov. Mark Sanford’s tearful admission June 24 that he flew secretly to Argentina for a weeklong tryst. Instead she pointed to other, bigger misdeeds. The...
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