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Why Martin Luther King Jr. Would Support the Public Worker Protests
Apr 4, 2011

In this guest column, Martin Luther King III, president and chief executive officer of The King Center, explains why his father would be on the front lines today supporting public […]

Bahrain: Wave of Sackings, Threats and Violence Against Workers and Union Representatives
Apr 4, 2011

“The international trade union movement is extremely concerned at the large number of workers, including trade union representatives, who are being heavily penalised by the authorities simply because they exercised […]

Unions Make the Middle Class: Without Unions, the Middle Class Withers
Apr 4, 2011

Why should anyone—especially those who are not union members—care that union membership is at record lows and likely to fall even further? Because if you care about the middle class, […]

Canadians decry WI anti-labor union law
Apr 3, 2011

Over a thousand protestors from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia have staged a rally on the Canada-US border to express their solidarity with labor unions in Wisconsin. The rally organized […]

Foreign-worker restrictions panned Lukaszuk, Duncan dismiss new federal rules
Apr 1, 2011

EDMONTON – Edmonton-Strathcona candidate Linda Duncan is getting widespread support for her call to fix the federal migrant worker program. A new federal policy forcing people who immigrate under the […]

First Wis. Recall Petition Will Be Filed Today
Apr 1, 2011

The first recall petition will be filed today against a Wisconsin Senate Republican who joined the rigged vote to take away public employees freedom to bargain. Organizers say volunteers have […]