worker rights
LA-Long Beach port truck drivers win important victory
April 19, 2012Employee drivers at Toll Group logistics company in southern California last week became one of the few groups of port truck drivers to become unionized.
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Community support grows for striking Red Cross workers
April 19, 2012They cheered Bill Dudley, speaking for 150 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 75 forced to strike Toledo Red Cross in late March.
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GOP attack on Michigan school workers never stops
April 16, 2012Public school employees charged that Michigan State Senate Bill 1040 would severely slash retiree health and pension benefits.
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Appalling conditions exposed at farmworker camps
April 16, 2012It's hard to make ends meet for many trailer residents.
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New labor SuperPAC jumps into the political field
April 13, 2012The labor movement says it formed the SuperPAC because it will allow unions to bring their program to non-union members.
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