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Indiana House Passes RTW
Defying public opinion, the Indiana state House Wednesday passed a "right to work" (RTW) for less bill by 55-41...   : : MORE

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Last Chance for Labor FilmFest Vote
Whether you favor musicals like Newsies and How to Succeed in Business, old favorites like The Grapes of Wrath and On the Waterfront...
  ·  Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO  ·  Jan 27, 2012

Occupy Our Homes Reaches Out to Labor
"Members of the Occupy movement and homeowners are coming together to guarantee our right to housing through collective action," Occupy DC activist Rob Wohl tells Union City, "just like the labor movement does for workplace rights and fair wages"...
  ·  Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO  ·  Jan 27, 2012

Grocery Workers Take to Streets
Giant and Safeway checkout clerks are taking to the streets for a new contract. Or at least, photos of the UFCW 400 members are...
  ·  Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO  ·  Jan 27, 2012

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Events

Twentieth Annual "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament
Join the Community Services Agency (CSA) for its 20th annual Union Bowling Tournament raising money for the Emergency Assistance Fund for needy union families...
  ·  Jan 29, 2012

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Labor News Feeds

Pensions Aren’t the Problem for State Budgets
This is a crosspost by AFSCME President Lee Saunders from Huffington Post. Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, the Pravda of the 1 percent, is at it again, continuing its push to gut the retirement security of millions of middle class workers across the country while enriching the Wall...
  ·  AFL-CIO Blog  ·  Jan 27, 2012_  right

Today in Labor History: Weekend Edition; Cool Labor Site: Common Dreams; Labor Video: Nightmare on Wall Street
Today in Labor History: Weekend Edition January 27 A group of Detroit African-American auto workers known as the Eldon Avenue Axle Plant Revolutionary Union Movement leads a wildcat strike against racism and bad working conditions. They are critical of both automakers and the UAW, condemning the...
  ·  UCS Labor News Daily  ·  Jan 27, 2012_  right

Bahrain: Drop all charges against teachers, unionists and students
LabourStart headline - Source: Education International
  ·  Labourstart World Labor Updates  ·  Jan 27, 2012_  right

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