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Paying for protection: Two unions go to court to force OSHA to do its job

January 26, 2007

Two prominent labor organizations have sued the Bush administration for failing to protect nearly 20 million workers from job injuries. In 1999 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a rule...

Freeze displaces thousands of California farmworkers

January 26, 2007

California’s citrus and other crops have been devastated by five consecutive nights of sub-freezing temperatures that struck Jan. 12, dealing a sharp blow to growers and putting thousands of farmworkers out of work, especially in the...

Janitors fight sweeps through Twin Cities

January 26, 2007 By Barb Kucera

MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) — Hundreds of janitors jammed a meeting Jan. 13 to overwhelmingly authorize a strike if a settlement cannot be reached with Twin Cities cleaning contractors

Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

January 26, 2007

Civil rights groups see a chance to make important gains during the next two years with the new dynamics in Congress. In a letter earlier this month to members of the House and Senate, the Leadership...

NATIONAL CLIPS

January 26, 2007

NEW ORLEANS: Low-income residents fight to ‘come home’ Hurricane Katrina evicted elderly and low-income residents from their homes and tossed families into temporary housing across the country. Despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including what some have called...