Labor
America’s RNs call for much broader response to swine flu
May 4, 2009After years of shredding our public health infrastructure and ill-advised minimal preparations for the next great global pandemic, the spreading swine flu threat is at last making clear the very real calamity that could be just...
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From Haymarket to Ludlow from Harlan to Matewan from Mother Jones to you
May 4, 2009Source: So it has come to this, why must I wake the sleeping? It wasn’t so long ago I was asleep myself. Why must I be the one to tell you what you don’t want to...
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Union prepares to ‘stamp out hunger’ May 9th
May 1, 2009In 10,000 cities and towns across the country this May 9th, the 300,000 members of the National Letter Carriers Association (NALC) will be collecting tens of millions of pounds food to help the needy as part...
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Needed now: a national retirement security program
May 1, 2009An autoworker we know is facing the possible slashing of his General Motors pension, earned in decades of work. Even with the full pension and his Social Security check, this 79-year-old retiree can barely cover his...
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At Chrysler its the workers, as usual, who come to the rescue
May 1, 2009The rank-and-file approved, on April 29, a deal between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC that involves major new concessions by workers that will help the automaker slash costs and hang on in its...
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