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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 youth summit opens in Minneapolis

September 29, 2011 By John Wojcik

The conference includes young workers, young union organizers and students, and is part of the AFL-CIO's attempts, over the last two years, to reach workers under age 35.

Labor takes fight against the right into the courts

September 26, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor's fight against the radical Right isn't just occurring in the streets or at the ballot box. Unions are challenging the Right Wing's schemes in court, too.

Thousands of California nurses strike to fight takeaways

September 23, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The nurses were among 23,000 of their co-workers holding a one-day strike at three-dozen Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California, as well as Oakland Children's Hospital.