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Co-op banks to invest in worker-owned U.S. businesses
September 17, 2013The world's largest industrial, worker-owned and run cooperative, Spanish-based Mondragon and its bank, Laboral Kutxa, agreed to partner with U.S. based National Cooperative Bank to invest in U.S. cooperative businesses.
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AFL-CIO to unite with allies for job safety
September 16, 2013"The right to a safe job is a fundamental worker right. All workers should be able to go to work and return home safely at the end of the day."
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AFL-CIO warns Congress on immigration: no back burner
September 11, 2013The AFL-CIO resolves to work for passage of comprehensive immigration reform with a citizenship path.
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Oakland Airport concession workers win some, and keep up the fight
August 26, 2013Dozens of workers at Oakland Airport concessions and their supporters walked the picket line outside Oakland Airport's Terminal 2.
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What do casinos and martial arts have in common?
August 26, 2013The proxy war between the union and the UFC has brought the labor battle to national attention.
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