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Deplorable conditions and low pay forced farm workers to organize in the 1960s as the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA). The pioneers of that early farm worker movement were inducted into the Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor on March 26, 2012.
Read morePoliticians, labor leaders and working class advocates gathered in Washington, D.C. to push a congressional legislative agenda which includes passing a pro U.S. manufacturing law.
Read moreHundreds of people rallied outside the United States Supreme Court in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, as justices heard oral arguments about whether or not the act is constitutional.
Read moreShould Criminal Justice Refom be the civil rights issue of the 21st Century? That’s the question posed during a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress.
Read moreNeighbors on the border with Washington, DC and Maryland held a “Love Thy Neighbor” rally to support UFCW union Locals 400 & 27 in their efforts for a fair contract with Giant and Safeway. The contract expires March 31, 2012.
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