Labor
Tucson copper miners rally for a union contract
December 2, 2016Members of USW District 12 have been working without a new contract since 2013.
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Frank Rosen, labor leader and political activist
December 1, 2016Frank took part in many of the seminal moments in Chicago history, from fighting to defend civil liberties in the McCarthy era, to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, to electing Harold Washington as mayor,...
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Jose Carillo and Donald Trump
December 1, 2016Jose Carillo was one of the dozens of Fight for 15 demonstrators peacefully arrested in midtown Manhattan when they sat down in front of a McDonald’s to demand $15 hourly wages and the right to unionize...
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California state workers to strike Dec. 5
December 1, 2016SEIU Local 1000 raised issues of pay inequity and the state’s plan to shift 20 percent of health care costs to the workers. The state refused to discuss them.
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Corporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension
December 1, 2016A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.
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