worker rights
Poll: Americans side with public workers and their unions
April 5, 2011Though unions are under attack in states from Wisconsin to Maine by tea party-backed Republican governors, they are winning the war of public opinion, according to the results of a new poll.
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After 64 years, still paying the price for Taft-Hartley
April 5, 2011How did the landmark anti-labor legislation, backed at that time by Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon, come to be the law of the land?
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2,000 rally for union rights on U.S.-Canada border
April 4, 2011Union members from Canada and the United States rallied at Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canada border, April 2, as part of the April 4 week of We Are One events.
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It’s not just Wisconsin: a nationwide counteroffensive is emerging
April 4, 2011It is fair to say a new phase of a struggle is afoot, in which labor and its allies could turn the tables decisively in their favor.
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Ohio Republicans set to pass SB 5, repeal drive begins
March 30, 2011The situation is very fluid, shifting daily, but Ohio House Republicans have the votes to pass the vicious anti-worker Senate Bill 5.
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