worker rights
Locked out Con Ed workers demand fair contract
July 6, 2012Negotiations resumed July 5 between Con Edison, the electricity and steam provider for this city and elsewhere, and its workers.
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Today in labor history: Luddites rebel against substandard work conditions
June 28, 2012Today in labor history, the Luddites (19th century textile workers) attacked the Heathcoat and Boden's Mill, responding to substandard workplace conditions.
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Michigan ‘protect our jobs’ petition passes signature threshold
June 22, 2012Michigan's Protect Our Jobs coalition has gathered more than double the amount of signatures necessary to put a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining union rights on the Nov. 6 ballot.
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Congress Hotel strikers on 9th anniversary: “We’re not going anyplace”
June 18, 2012"We're not going anyplace, we're still here and we're going to be loud and proud at our protests!"
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At DoubleTree, workers fight for “better Florida”
June 18, 2012Over 500 Unite Here members, brothers and sisters from other unions, and community allies rallied June 13 outside Orlando's only union hotel.
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