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Rite Aid Valentine protest: “Show love for worker’s rights”

February 14, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Cleveland staged a protest against Rite Aid's attempt to take away fully paid union health insurance from workers.

Facing benefit cutoff, jobless “99ers” organize

February 7, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

Activists note official unemployment in Connecticut has more than doubled to about 170,000 since 2007, with no sign of improvement. It's a crisis for the entire state and demands emergency attention, they say.

Egyptian workers form independent union coalition

February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Egyptian workers, suppressed by a government-sponsored and government-run labor federation, have broken away to form their own independent unions and federation and join the popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule.

New York show of solidarity with Egypt

February 1, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Several thousand people - Egyptians, Egyptian Americans and other New Yorkers - showed up here Jan. 29 in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Egypt.

At King birthday rally, elected officials urge grassroots involvement

January 19, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Bay area elected officials addressed a crowd that packed the great hall at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 to honor the great civil rights and peace leader.