worker rights
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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Youth march for jobs and to end violence
June 18, 2012A spirited march of 150 youth and adult supporters stopped downtown traffic to honks of support on Saturday.
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The minimum wage, labor and the 2012 elections
June 15, 2012Unions and labor need to speak independently for all of the working class and working families.
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Court blocks airline union vote
June 15, 2012Texas federal judge Terry Means has halted a planned union recognition vote among 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines.
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Piggly Wiggly: “We’d rather close than be fair!”
June 15, 2012Piggly Wiggly announced it would close its Sheboygan, Wis., store, throwing all 108 workers into the street, rather than submit to a federal court ruling.
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