worker rights
Obama’s Commerce nominee assailed as “anti-worker business mogul”
May 3, 2013You won't hear praise for Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker from a Hyatt Hotel worker or Chicago Public Schools teacher. Or from the progressive website CREDO Action, which describes Pritzker as an "anti-worker business mogul."
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Taken for a ride: temp agencies and ‘raiteros’ in immigrant Chicago
May 3, 2013Temp agencies and their corporate giant clients continue to profit off of low-wage, immigrant workers as this investigative report from ProPublica shows.
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“Immigration Myths vs. Facts” available for download
April 10, 2013Download your copy of "Immigration Myths vs. Facts" and share with friends the fight for immigrant rights and justice for all.
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Postal workers, customers save Saturday mail – for now
April 10, 2013The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it would delay its plan to cease delivery of first-class mail on Saturdays.
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Chiquita paid terrorists to “protect” its plantations
April 8, 2013A lawsuit by thousands of Colombians whose relatives were killed by Chiquita's right wing squads is working its way through federal court in Florida.
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