Labor
Union leaders reiterate support for immigration reform
April 24, 2013Union leaders have strongly supported comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to eventual legalization and citizenship for 11 million undocumented people.
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Mexican union leader: Corruption stripping workers of their dignity
April 24, 2013The president of Mexico's National Union of Miners, Metalworkers and Steelworkers, known as Los Mineros, reveals the government and business rot in detail.
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Today in labor history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2013The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
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An open letter to the coal companies
April 22, 2013Positions of authority, millions of dollars of personal wealth, slick public relations consultants, $1,000 per hour lawyers, privilege, and power cannot conceal the true purpose of this bankruptcy.
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Sumi Abedin, survivor of Bangladesh factory fire, tours U.S. (with video)
April 22, 2013When fire broke out the supervisors told the female employees to return to work but smoke soon filled the factory.
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