worker rights
AFL-CIO president issues ringing call for immigrant rights
June 22, 2010CLEVELAND - In a major policy statement, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka said the denial of rights to millions of undocumented workers threatens all Americans.
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In English, Chinese and Spanish, low-wage workers demand rights bill
June 18, 2010Workers unite across language, race and neighborhood barriers for a Low Wage Workers Bill of Rights.
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Congress Hotel strikers join forces for immigration reform
June 15, 2010The Congress Hotel workers enter their seventh year on strike -- the longest in American history.
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Arkansas lesson: organize the South
June 14, 2010There was justice in organized labor's efforts to unseat Blanche Lincoln - but the real issue is the unfulfilled historic legacy of its plans to organize the South.
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Iran executions prompt mass condemnation
May 19, 2010International condemnation by trade unionists and human rights activists has greeted the execution of five political prisoners by the Iranian authorities on May 9.
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