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The National Labor College’s Class of 2012 includes five Machinists who graduated with degrees ranging from Union Leadership and Administration to Labor Studies and Labor Education. Congratulations to Glenn Farmer, Lydia Gallegos, Victor Ghidoni, Greg Lance and Bonnie Polster.
Read moreTake Back the American Dream’s 2012 Conference allowed progressives to share ideas and forge a strategy so every working American’s voice is heard. Labor unions, civil rights groups, women’s rights groups and activists from Rebuild the Dream and MoveOn.org attended the three-day conference sponsored by the Campaign for America’s Future.
Read moreYou’ve seen the cranes, bulldozers, and hard hats around town! But you may be shocked to know that construction companies are using cheap labor from out of town to complete those local building project. But one major city area is cracking down and enforcing a law that guarantees local residents good jobs on those publically
Read moreCommunity! That was the message being shouted at this year’s AIDS Walk held in New York City’s Central Park.
Read moreDavid Corn and Tim Noah, both reporters and authors, spoke about the Politics of Inequality at the New America Foundation. They say the decline in the number of labor unions is a factor, along with runaway CEO pay.
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