Labor
Republic Windows workers come to Connecticut
February 24, 2009NEW HAVEN, CT -- UE Local 1110 president Armando Robles and other officers recently toured the country to make public their sit-in at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago which won a severance package. The Connecticut...
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Labor rallies against racist editorial cartoon in New York Post
February 24, 2009Hundreds of angry protestors recently gathered in mid town Manhattan for a noon time rally protesting an editorial cartoon that ran in the previous day’s edition of the notorious New York Post newspaper. The cartoon depicted...
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Free choice and small business
February 23, 2009Original source: Americans today are working harder than ever, and too often finding that the secure and stable middle-class life their parents counted on is falling further and further out of reach for them and their...
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94 Years after Ludlow Massacre, site now national historic landmark
February 23, 2009Original source: On April 20, 1914, in Ludlow, Colo., one of the bloodiest chapters in the nation’s labor history was written. Thugs hired by several coal companies and the Colorado militia attacked a peaceful encampment of...
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Number of U.S. workers age 65-74 is increasing
February 23, 2009Original source: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer workers are retiring when they hit 65. By 2016 the number of senior workers between the age of 65 and 74 are expected to rise by...
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