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  • Baltimore Worker Center Says Tourist District Shouldn't Grow on Poverty Jobs
    Tom Kertes
    Mar 12 2010 - 4:51am

    Poverty conditions for workers in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor are threatening to become routine. That doesn't make them tolerable, said a worker center. They're pursuing living-wage agreements by targeting developers.

  • Haiti: Give Here
    by Enku Ide
    Jan 15 2010 - 1:28pm

    Haiti's earthquake has led to a humanitarian crisis, a tragedy compounded by longtime U.S. and European intervention. Some support now flows from corporations with interests in the status quo of poverty and pillage. Give instead to groups that meet direct needs and fight for justice.

  • Florida Tomato Pickers Score ‘Greatest Victory’ in Decades
    Sean Sellers
    Oct 6 2009 - 5:08pm

    After two years of delay, farmworkers in Florida will finally start getting a penny more per pound for tomatoes they pick.

  • Farmworkers Beat Burger King, But Face Resistance From Growers

    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    In the David and Goliath match-up between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the fast food industry, the little guy has tripped up the giant again. . . .


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