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Detroit bankruptcy coming to your city next, leaders warn

September 12, 2013 By John Rummel

Detroit is the canary in the coalmine, warned speakers at a public forum on the city's bankruptcy, held this past Saturday, sponsored by Congressman John Conyers Jr.

Indiana judge finds right-to-work unconstitutional

September 11, 2013 By Tom Lobianco

An Indiana judge ruled the state's "right-to-work" (for less) law is unconstitutional.

How to build our union movement: Ideas from LA

September 9, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon

LOS ANGELES - As the AFL-CIO prepared to open its national convention here, two dozen committed union members and supporters voiced a slew of ideas for revitalizing the U.S. labor movement.

Labor Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves

September 2, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.

Iranian mothers appeal for clemency for sons

July 26, 2013 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

Before the ink is even dry on the confirmation of Hassan Rouhani as the new president of Iran, the Islamic Republic continues to carry out barbaric and meaningless executions.