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- Apr 30, 2012 April Metro Council Meeting Highlights
Threats to the Postal Service -- both neighborhood service and postal jobs -- were a big topic at the April meeting of the Metro Washington Council... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 UC Photo Featured in AFL-CIO Pinterest Page
A Union City photo is featured in the AFL-CIO's brand-new Pinterest page... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 May Day 2012 Preview
This year May Day -- International Workers' Day -- offers metro DC activists plenty of ways to celebrate... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 Labor Quiz: What Taft-Hartley Didn't Do
Which of the following did the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act NOT do... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 DC Activists Call for Resignations of Top Walmart Leaders
The widening Walmart bribery scandal hit the Pennsylvania Avenue Marriott Thursday morning when Respect DC activists burst into the hotel chanting "Hey Hey! Ho ho! Walmart greed has got to go!" more...
- Apr 27, 2012 NoVA Volunteer Dinner Tix Deadline Approaching The cutoff for tickets for NoVA Labor's Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner is fast approaching... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 Ahold "Not Living Up to Promises," Martin's, Giant Food Workers Tell Shareholders in Amsterdam
Three supermarket workers from Virginia visited Amsterdam last week to share their stories at annual meeting of the Dutch company that owns the stores where they work... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 New Community Development Encourages Area Workers to Own in DC
A new Northeast Washington housing development designed to create more affordable housing for DC's working people is drawing strong interest from District employees... more...
- Apr 26, 2012 Activists Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law
Blowing whistles, singing songs of solidarity, and waving signs that read "Do I look illegal to you?" and "People are more than their papers"... more...
- Apr 26, 2012 Great Labor Arts Exchange Early Bird Rates Expiring Soon
Early Bird discounted registration for this year's Great Labor Arts Exchange, Conference on Creative Organizing, and Camp Solidarity ends on May 2... more...
- May 16, 2012 Senate Passes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved (78-20) legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through 2014. Last week, the House passed (330-90) the same bill and it now goes to the White House for President Obama’s signature.
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- May 17, 2012 Today in Labor History: May 17; Labor Book: The Worst Children’s Jobs in History; Labor Humor: Failed Experiment
Today in Labor History: May 17 Twelve Starbucks baristas in a mid-town Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to...
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- May 17, 2012 Ireland: IMPACT calls on Government to deliver reforms on collective bargaining and employees' rights
LabourStart headline - Source: RTÉ
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