Labor
Union Jane: The best thing women could do to counteract pay inequality might be to join a union
April 17, 2009Original source: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act justly received a lot of media attention in January, briefly refocusing our national attention on the gender discrepancies that still haunt our workplaces. But now that the issue...
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On eve of Obama visit, Mexicos miners battle for rights
April 17, 2009On the eve of President Obama’s visit to Mexico, a possible major confrontation is brewing between the Mexican Mine and Metal Workers Union and the conservative, pro-business government of President Felipe Calderon. Since Monday, April 13,...
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Rally boosts Employee Free Choice, family values, healthy communities
April 16, 2009NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — “We are the poster-child for the Employee Free Choice Act! It even said so on the front page of the newspaper,” said United Food and Commercial Workers organizer Tim Mullins, addressing a...
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Janitors make noise downtown in contract fight
April 16, 2009CLEVELAND — In a spirited rally, dozens of janitors marched through lobbies of downtown buildings here last week to support union officials in difficult bargaining for a new three-year contract. At the North Point-Jones Day Building,...
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Labor unites around new immigrant workers rights initiative
April 16, 2009A major breakthrough has occurred in the long running struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and their families. On Tuesday representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country’s major labor union federations, announced...
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