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Trumka: Mexico on path of “low wage development”

December 3, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Mexico, the large U.S. trading partner and southern neighbor, is on a path of "low-wage development," including weakening its labor law and oppressing independent unions.

$27 million granted to hire New York’s unemployed for Sandy relief

November 27, 2012 By Jarvis Tyner

There were protests to demand power be restored and for more help with the clean up. This situation to too big and too costly for private, profit-making companies to handle.

Indy stands up for Walmart workers

November 26, 2012 By Jason Jones

Nearly 40 community and union members showed up at an East Side Walmart here to show solidarity with the store's workers.

Unions focus ads on “fiscal cliff” issues

November 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

"The voters spoke loud and clear and rejected any cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."

USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say

November 20, 2012 By Don McIntosh

While the USPS was closed on Veterans Day, Portland, Ore. postal employees used their day off to say that if USPS really wants to honor veterans, it should hire them.