worker rights
Police snatch body of Korean Samsung worker
June 6, 2014A leader of a new union at Samsung in South Korea named Yeom Ho-seok took his own life to protest the vicious anti-union policies of the company.
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China and Russia have workers councils but not Chattanooga
June 5, 2014Workers in the United States know organizing here in the belly of the corporate beast is no easy task.
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UAW’s Bob King: We’re in a war for democracy
June 5, 2014Retiring UAW President Bob King proclaimed a truism long understood by labor activists - "The amount of power you have determines the amount of justice you get."
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“O” for organizing: UAW unfolds fightback program
June 4, 2014The United Auto Workers union is unfolding a fightback program at its 36th Constitutional Convention here this week.
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House GOP approves hiring of lawbreakers as federal contractors
June 4, 2014The House GOP majority rejected a Democratic attempt to aid low-wage workers by ending federal government hiring of contractors who violate the law.
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