Labor
People’s World editor elected VP of labor journalist group
September 18, 2013"Wojcik brings to the board years of dedication and experience as a labor journalist committed to the goals of our organization."
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“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal
September 17, 2013America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...
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Today in labor history: Chicano draft resistance
September 16, 2013Muñoz decided - like thousands of other young people n the US - that if drafted, he would refuse to go fight in Vietnam. He was UCLA's first Chicano Student Body President, and started organizing in...
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AFL-CIO to unite with allies for job safety
September 16, 2013"The right to a safe job is a fundamental worker right. All workers should be able to go to work and return home safely at the end of the day."
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AFL-CIO crafts compromise to prevent dumping of health care law
September 16, 2013AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said that labor's attempt to reach out to every worker in the country was going to require effort on the part of unions.
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