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‘Stop breaking the law’ protest tells Chicago charter school [with video]

February 14, 2011 By John Bachtell

The battle for union recognition by charter schoolteachers has grown as charters have assumed a larger presence in the city.

Big business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate

February 11, 2011 By John Wojcik

Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...

Arrest of human rights activist in Colombia under scrutiny

February 10, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The arrest of Liliany Obando on trumped up charges is under scrutiny, as evidence against her is lacking.

Union happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners

February 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions...

GOP uses “budget cutting” to attack unions

February 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

An influential right-wing group among the House's new GOP majority, the 170-member Republican Study Committee (RSC), is using "budget cutting" as an excuse to attack federal worker union reps.