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Memphis sanitation workers inducted into Labor Hall of Fame

May 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The sanitation workers from Memphis, whose strike for union recognition and respect on the job led Dr. King to that Tennessee city 43 years ago were inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame in Washington.

Panel: Immigrants are big plus for places like Detroit

May 3, 2011 By John Rummel

Did you know Southeast Michigan is home to 365,000 foreign-born residents, the second largest foreign-born population in the Great Lakes region? Well, it's a big plus for this hard-hit region, experts say.

Workers take back May Day

May 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

Across the country on May 1, tens of thousands of workers, led by the presidents of the nation's largest unions, reclaimed May Day as an American holiday.

At Michigan commencement, protest slams budget-cutting governor

May 2, 2011 By John Rummel

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Up in the sky, a plane floated a banner reading, "Some cuts never heal" as Republican Gov. Rick Snyder gave the University of Michigan commencement address on Saturday.

Chavez’s jailing of Colombian political refugee causes outrage

May 2, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

An arrest near Caracas triggered questions about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a socialist and protagonist of continent-wide emancipation knuckling under to Colombia.