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United Food and Commercial Workers to rejoin AFL-CIO

July 10, 2013 By John Wojcik

The 1.3 million-member United Food and Commercial Workers union will rejoin the AFL-CIO at the union's annual convention in Chicago this August.

Black trade unionists call for new Cuba policies

July 10, 2013 By Roberta Wood

Four Cubans being held in U.S. prisons should be released, according to a resolution passed by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists at their 42nd Annual Convention.

Juneteenth: Recognizing neighborhood heroes and heroines

July 10, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

The community gathered to celebrate Juneteenth and to honor more than a dozen people from the neighborhood whose everyday activities make all the difference.

Syria, poison gas, and Arabian tales

July 10, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

It is not unlike Sherlock Holmes and the dog that didn't bark. And like Holmes, start with the facts.

California prisoners begin hunger strike

July 10, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Thousands of inmates July 8 renewed a hunger strike begun in 2011 to protest prison practices they say amount to torture.