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Facing Consensus on Austerity This Labor Day, Is Labor Ready to Test Its Independence?

Mark Brenner

Sep 5 2011 - 9:27am

Job growth is zero, but Congress is fixated on deficits, with a bad case of austerity fever. Now labor leaders are making noises about turning their backs on Democrats.
Pickets Challenge Labor to Find Solidarity with Palestinians

Fifty activists picketed an awards dinner June 13, telling New York state AFL-CIO head Denis Hughes his support for investments in Israel betrays basic principles of labor solidarity.
Still Paying Through the Nose, Labor Campaigns for Single Payer

Andy Coates

Jun 8 2011 - 10:59am

A year after President Obama signed his health care reform with strong support from the labor movement, advocates of a single-payer system might be tempted to ask, “How’s that working out for you?” Labor Campaign for Single Payer activists gathered in D.C. to assess their progress.
Excluded Workers, AFL-CIO Build Addition to the House of Labor

“Excluded workers” called on the AFL-CIO to let them in—and got the beginnings of a welcome. At their conference in New York this week, 250 members and organizers from the nine sectors of the Excluded Workers Congress vowed to “expand the human right to organize and collectively bargain.”
May Day Marches See Labor Join Immigrants' Struggle for Rights

Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

May 2 2011 - 3:53pm

Tens of thousands marched nationwide May Day, demanding an end to attacks on workers and immigrants. “We have had all we can take,” said an immigrant organizer, noting record deportations.
Growing Labor Support for Palestine Faces Stiff Opposition in the U.S.

Paul Abowd

Jan 22 2010 - 10:47am

Seizing on outrage over the Gaza bombardment and siege, a small but growing band of U.S. unionists are mobilizing behind a global call to pressure Israel with a boycott, divestment, and sanctions.
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