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Labor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants

July 10, 2014 By John Wojcik

The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.

Britain: Biggest walkout in a generation

July 10, 2014 By Conrad Landin And Luke James

Workers from many walks of life will join picket lines a day after Tories threatened to impose new anti-union laws if they win the next election.

Dallas opts to take immigrant children

July 9, 2014

Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.

Palestinians and Israelis mourn together but crisis deepens

July 9, 2014 By Susan Webb

Hundreds of Israeli Jews visited the mourning family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Jerusalem on Tuesday to express condolences over the vicious killing of the Palestinian teenager last week.

U.S. trade policy linked to crisis at the border

July 9, 2014 By David Bacon

The mass migration of children from Central America has been at the center of a political firestorm over the past few weeks.