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“We are not going to be put against each other any more”

April 6, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

The spirit of solidarity and raised sights for working-class people filled the air as people from all neighborhoods in New Haven marched on March 30th.

Cuban trade unionist speaks in Los Angeles

April 5, 2011 By Rossana Cambron

Gilda Chacon Bravo is the first Cuban trade union representative to be granted a visa to the United States in many years and is touring the country.

Poll: Americans side with public workers and their unions

April 5, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Though unions are under attack in states from Wisconsin to Maine by tea party-backed Republican governors, they are winning the war of public opinion, according to the results of a new poll.

Chicago activists call for environmental justice

April 5, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

After years of community campaigns, investigations and pressure, the EPA finally confirmed high levels of toxic lead in the air and around local schools.

Across the country, hundreds of thousands declare, “We are One”

April 5, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

In over a thousand U.S. cities, unionists, civil rights and community activists gathered April 4, honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated 43 years earlier.