Labor
Postal workers’ hunger strike over, victory declared
December 26, 2012The hunger strikers called on postal management to suspend cuts and closures and allow Congress to fix the finances by repealing the prefunding mandate and refunding the pension surplus.
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Despite “right to work,” union organizing not letting up in Michigan
December 21, 2012Tea Party Republicans should have witnessed what took place last night at the Cesar Chavez Academy, a large for-profit charter school in Southwest Detroit.
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Today in Labor History: Picketing declared unconstitutional
December 21, 2012On this day in 1921 the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, declared that picketing was unconstitutional.
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Interfaith group urges vigils for Walmart supply chain workers
December 20, 2012The same weekend as U.S. Walmart workers went on a Black Friday strike 112 garment workers were killed in a fire in Bangladesh.
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“Unfinished Business”: Unique exhibit presents domestic workers’ stories
December 20, 2012She needed a notebook more than food. It would save her sanity and soul.
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