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Retiree group working to get seniors to back Obama

September 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.

Chicago students protest Sears ties to child labor and rape

September 9, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

High school students are protesting Sears's purchase of clothing from a factory where a supervisor is an unpunished serial rapist of young females.

Scab herding: corporate organized crime

September 8, 2011 By Scott Marshall

One of the worst kinds of theft is stealing a person's job. You not only rob a person of their income, their sense of wellbeing, and their dignity, you also rob their family and children.

Connecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012

September 8, 2011 By Tom Connolly

This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.

Public support grows for government jobs program

September 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.