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Occupy Chicago and labor join in taking aim at Wall Street (with video)

October 10, 2011 By John Wojcik

Occupy Chicago protesters adopted two official demands: Repeal the Bush tax cuts for the rich and prosecute "Wall Street Criminals."

Oklahoma AFL-CIO Convention maps coalition to fight ultra-right

October 10, 2011 By J. Shepherd

In a show of solidarity, the Oklahoma AFL-CIO has voted to unite all public sector unions in a coalition to coordinate a defense against ultra-right anti-labor legislative efforts.

Labor and community stand behind Occupy San Jose

October 10, 2011 By Henry Millstein

Downtown San Jose rang with activists' chants and the honking horns of supportive motorists Oct. 9, as a labor-community coalition rallied in support of Occupy San Jose.

Jobs with Justice joins Chicago occupation (with video)

October 10, 2011 By Scott Marshall

For the last eleven months, Chicago Jobs with Justice has protested at the State of Illinois building to dramatize the consistently bad unemployment report issued by the US Department of Labor.

California hotel ordered to shell out $36,000 in back pay

October 7, 2011 By Blake Skylar

An Embassy Suites hotel was found guilty of denying required paid rest breaks to seven of its workers, and has been ordered to pay each of them about $5,000.