Labor

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Family Leave Politics Move Toward Workplace Fairness and LGBT Equality
Michelle Chen

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N.Y. State Tries to Help Frustrated Freelancers Get Paid
Richard Greenwald

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Dems Could Win Tea Party Voters Over With America-First Trade Message
Mike Elk

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How Do We Keep the BP Spill Cleanup Workers Safe?
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Wall Street vs. Main Street: Final Showdown Threatens Reform
Art Levine

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Where Are Our Organic Labor Intellectuals? Maybe Right Here!
Richard Greenwald
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Local Voices Seek National Platform at U.S. Social Forum in Detroit
New America Media/Anthony Advincula

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Senate Confirms Two to NLRB, but Supreme Court Decision Delays Cases
Akito Yoshikane

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Global Labor Congress Pushes Back Against ‘Austerity’
Michelle Chen

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Obama’s Stance on NAFTA Rules, Military Aid Aggrieves Mexican Labor
Roger Bybee

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Union: Chicago Adjuncts Fired for Organizing
Kari Lydersen

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Employee or Independent Contractor? Congress Investigates Employee Misclassification
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Thousands Protest Bloomberg’s Cuts, Spirit Airlines Pilots Strike
Jennifer Braudaway

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Will Deepwater Horizon Families Get Their Due?
Lindsay Beyerstein

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Johnson Controls: Bad Faith on Both Sides of Rio Grande
Roger Bybee

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Driven by Globalization, Today’s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad
Michelle Chen

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Black Shirt Friday Commemorates Railroad Worker Deaths
Kari Lydersen
Labor
Senate Fights For Billionaire Fund Managers’ Tax Breaks, Blocks Jobless Aid
Art Levine

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Bob King Set to Become UAW President as Calls to Restore Concessions Loom (UPDATED)
Akito Yoshikane

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Defending Workers From a Bad Rap: Challenging Criminal Background Checks
Michelle Chen

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Chinese Sweatshop Model Challenged, but Rulers Strike Back
Roger Bybee

Labor
OSHA: Refineries Ignore Safety, Workers Die
Lindsay Beyerstein

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Come March With Us: Congress Hotel Strikers Celebrate 7th Anniversary
Kari Lydersen

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Union Deaths Rise Around World, as Recession Heightens Attacks on Labor Rights
Akito Yoshikane
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