workers rights
Beep, honk: Verizon picketers get noisy support in upstate NY
August 12, 2011The sounds of support from passing drivers reached us before we got to the picket line in an industrial area of Syracuse on Thursday.
Read moreOhioans rally for jobs, rights, Boehner locks them out
August 12, 2011Hundreds of workers and their allies at events throughout Ohio rallied this week for jobs and to restore union and voting rights under siege.
Read moreKoch money aids Scott Walker in Wisconsin voter suppression
August 11, 2011It appears that the GOP is not alone in initiating voter suppression: Americans for Prosperity has joined in on the action.
Read moreOn, Wisconsin!
August 11, 2011Wisconsin working people and their supporters this week defeated two incumbent state senators who backed Republican Gov. Scott Walker's attacks on collective bargaining rights.
Read moreWisconsin recall drive falls one seat short
August 10, 2011With the GOP holding a 19-14 lead in the state senate, labor-backed Democrats needed to win three of the six races to wrest control.
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