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ITUC–Syria: Use of Chemical Weapons is Inexcusable 26 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
ITUC OnLine International Trade Union Confederation (Brussels, 26 August 2013) The ITUC is calling for the United Nations to complete a speedy and thorough investigation into the use of chemical ...
T-Mobile US Workers Unite for Respect 26 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
Mike Hall With a new website—TMobileWorkersUnited.org—workers at T-Mobile US are connecting with each other to build strength in their drive for workplace justice and respect. Working with the Commu...
At MLK March, Renewed Call For Obama Executive Order on Wages 25 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
By Bruce Vail Alvin Turner, a veteran of the 1968 Memphis garbage workers strike, speaking at a Change to Win panel on the King’s legacy for labor. (Change to Win) WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the eve of a m...
Panel to Congress: Hold Companies Responsible for Forced Labor 25 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
by Justin DeWaele August 12, 2013—At least 21 million people globally toil in forced labor, a problem that stems from a “global governance crisis” in which corporations’ supply chains have gotten so ...
The Socialists Who Made the March on Washington 23 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
by Harold Meyerson English: at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington in the Statler Hotel, half-length portrait, seated at table (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rustin, working both with a...
Egyptian Military Seeks Support for Counter Revolution 23 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
By Carl Finamore “Morsi is Mubarak with a Beard” (not a literal translation) Finamore photo in Cairo 2013 Egypt is again making headlines and the army is again stepping from behind the curtains to t...
Labor’s Trek: A discussion on the importance of building The Next Generation of Southern labor activists. 23 Aug 2013 | 03:17 am
by Douglas Williams Douglas Williams My labor education came pretty early in life. My father was a union steward at the job that he had held since before my birth, and I was always surrounded by uni...
Join the March on Washington – Saturday 22 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm
“You can’t talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. . . . There must be a better distribution of wealth . . . and maybe America must move toward a democr...
Fast food strikes go nationwide on Aug. 29 22 Aug 2013 | 07:29 am
by Laura Clawson Fast food strikes are, as promised, set to expand dramatically, with a call for a nationwide one-day fast food strike on Aug. 29. While the groundwork has been laid for the strikes t...
PIRG fundraising group on trial for labor violations 22 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
by Don McIntosh In a hearing room at the downtown Portland offices of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), managers for the Fund for the Public Interest testified under oath Aug. 6-7 that firin...
