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Karen Nussbaum: Working America WORKS!
The US's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, pledged at its '13 convention to work more closely with community-based affiliates & its grassroots organizing arm, Working America.
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Longshore Union Got a Raw Deal from the AFL-CIO
On August 29, 2013, the 60,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced it was leaving the 13-million member AFL-CIO.
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At AFL-CIO Convention, Leaders Ask: What Direction for Labor?
Without the commitment to build a social movement, all the innovative ideas coming out of the AFL-CIO convention may come to little, if anything.
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In Los Angeles, Labor Redefines Itself
This week's AFL-CIO convention endorsed the expansion of membership to include non-traditional labor organizations, including non-profits organizing low-wage workers.
How the Restaurant Lobby Makes Sure Fast-Food Workers Get Poverty Wages
Fast-food workers feed their families on a pittance while the big corporations resist fair pay and sick leave.
We Spend More Than $50 Billion a Year on Pets, but Aid to the Poor Keeps Getting Cut
While discussion of poverty has been lacking since President Reagan railed that the poor were responsible for their own plight, new signs of concern and fresh thinking have emerged, …
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“Wage Theft Comics: Crime and Justice”: What to Do About Bosses Not Paying Up
Wage theft, in all its many forms, is rampant across all industries, but it hurts low-wage workers the most.
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Work Is Undervalued in Society’s Obsession With “Stuff“
While the media is packed with material about consumer rights, there is seldom mention of workers' rights.
Dear Mr. Dolan (Where the Papers At?)
Cablevision workers from Brooklyn ask CEO James Dolan: Where the papers at?
Dear Mr. Dolan (Where the Papers At?)
Cablevision workers from Brooklyn ask CEO James Dolan: Where the papers at?