Postal Workers Back Obama
Region: United States
The Postal Workers (APWU) union has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the presidential race. The Postal Workers’ national executive board endorsed Obama in a unanimous vote. The more than 300,000-mem... more
Views: 1268House Committee Approves Bill to Address Deadly Dust Explosions
Region: United States
Sugar dust, like other industrial dusts, is extremely combustible, but despite the urging of safety experts, the Bush administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has yet to set a federal sta... more
Views: 1185Video: A New Economic Deal Starts with Workers’ Rights
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels In recent years, our nation’s social contract has been radically re-written. Despite growth in productivity and the overall size of the economy, most of us aren’t se... more
Views: 1034McCain Skips Out on Worker Roundtable
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels Yesterday, workers in Annapolis, Md., were hoping to get a chance to talk to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about jobs, the housing crisis and the economy. They got to have their conversation—but McC... more
Views: 1282Indian Workers Demand Major Changes in Guest Worker Program
Region: United States
by James Parks Chanting, “All the way to the White House!” and carrying signs, saying “I Am A Man,” more than 70 Indian guest workers rallied at the White House gates Monday in a cold rain to dema... more
Views: 1599AFL-CIO Urges Congress to Make César Chávez’s Birthday a National Holiday
Region: United States
Thirteen states already celebrate the birthday of the late César Chávez, one of the most inspirational union and human rights leaders of 20th century. On April 1st, members of Congress and the union move... more
Views: 1976Does Denver Chamber of Commerce Back Corporate Crime?
Region: Colorado
by Mike Hall The threat of doing some hard time for corporate crime is spurring Colorado’s business community to go to court to stop what The New York Times calls “the nation’s toughest corporat... more
Views: 135140 Years After King’s Death, Unions Still Best Route to Better Life for African Americans
Region: United States
by James Parks Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago this week in the midst of a campaign to support striking Memphis sanitation workers who were trying to gain better pay and working conditions by joining... more
Views: 1417Hawaii Legislature Passes Employee Free Choice Measure
Region: United States
by James Parks With passage of the federal Employee Free Choice Act a major issue for working people in the 2008 elections, lawmakers in Hawaii last week passed their own version of the bill. Union members were key to pa... more
Views: 1373Minnesota Nurses Join UAN
Region: United States
by James Parks For the third time in three years, nurses at a hospital owned by Allina Hospitals & Clinics gained a voice on the job by voting to join the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), an affiliate of the United Am... more
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