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Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle

January 13, 2015 By Tula Connell

In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers go on strike in California

January 13, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Union demonstrators picket in front of 35 Kaiser Permanente locations throughout the state on behalf of some 2,600 mental health clinicians.

Mexico’s federal police responsible for slaughter of student teachers?

January 12, 2015 By Tim Pelzer

HRW is calling on the Obama administration to halt aid to Mexican security forces until human rights violations are investigated and prosecuted.

Nurses union cheers Obama Keystone veto threat

January 12, 2015 By PAI

Keystone foes say the pipeline would carry "dirty oil" to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries at a cost of an unacceptable increase in the gases that cause global warming.

Big business again sues labor board over union election rules

January 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Here we go again. Business groups are suing the National Labor Relations Board over the new union election rules it finalized in December.