workers rights
Neighborhood Grocery Initiative takes on non-union megastores
February 4, 2011United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 in northern California says the year 2011 poses unprecedented challenges for its members working in the grocery industry.
Read moreIndian workers on Gulf Coast fight modern day slavery
February 3, 2011Hundreds of workers from India who were forced into modern day slavery at Gulf Coast shipyards for more than a year after Hurricane Katrina are demanding that federal courts certify their lawsuit as a class action...
Read moreU.S. union leader jailed in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners
January 27, 2011The United Steelworkers has condemned the Jan. 24 arrest of Manny Armenta, one of its international representatives, by customs officials in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
Read moreJustice finally served for nurse whistleblowers
January 24, 2011It looks like justice is finally being served against the real criminals in the Winkler County Nurses Case, according to a January13 report from the Odessa American.
Read moreColombian labor leader seeks trade pact delay
January 21, 2011WASHINGTON (PAI) - Congress should delay the proposed U.S.-Colombia "free trade" agreement until a key Colombian law that leads to workers' oppression changes and law enforcement there improves, a top Colombian union leader says.
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