workers rights
Ohio celebrates: Union-busting bill goes down by landslide
November 9, 2011Labor and community activists throughout Ohio jubilantly celebrated the massive defeat of Issue 2 and repeal of the draconian union-busting SB 5.
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How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?
November 4, 2011The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.
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Construction workers more likely to die on the job
November 4, 2011Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.
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Right-to-work legislation enables the one percent
November 2, 2011Michigan Senate Bill 729 is another insidious attack on working people initiated by the Republican-controlled legislature.
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Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
November 2, 2011World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
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