| Teens Choose Justice Over Prom Plans | |
| By James Parks · Posted on April 10, 2009 at 8:00 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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When Samuel Hamer, a senior at Chicago’s elite Northside Prep learned his senior prom was going to be held at the Congress Plaza Hotel, he moved into action. Workers... Read more » |
| Standing before history | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on April 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Law, U.S. and International Human Rights, Workers' Rights |
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A multinational oil giant may be headed for its day of reckoning in a New York City courtroom next month. The lawsuit, Wiwa v. Shell, centers on charges of rampant... Read more » |
| Moyers Highlights Jobs with Justice Organizer, Employee Free Choice | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:47 pm ·
Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Legislation, Workers' Rights |
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On this past week’s “Bill Moyers Journal” on PBS, Moyers took a look at the battle for worker freedom during our current economic crisis. It’s a great segment... Read more » |
| Obama Honors César Chávez’s Birthday | |
| By James Parks · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Human Rights Leaders, Workers' Rights |
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What a difference a year makes. While the Bush White House tried to thwart workers’ rights and all that the late César Chávez fought for, Barack Obama adopted... Read more » |
| ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, César Chávez! | |
| By Jorge Rivas · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 9:56 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Education, Workers' Rights |
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Ann Street Elementary School, in Downtown Los Angeles, pays tribute to Cesar Chavez through a photo montage by the students. The Los Angeles Unified School District... Read more » |
| Student Week of Action Focuses on Employee Free Choice | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 4:20 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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This week, Jobs with Justice’s Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) kicks off a week of action in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the... Read more » |
| More Religious Groups Back Employee Free Choice | |
| By James Parks · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 8:00 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Many religious leaders throughout the country have directly experienced working with women and men struggling for a voice on the job, fair wages and benefits, and... Read more » |
| Grassroots Support for the Employee Free Choice Act Grows | |
| By Rightswire · Posted on March 25, 2009 at 10:09 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Stewart Acuff, special assistant to the president, reports on the ongoing national campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. What grassroots American movement... Read more » |
| Fight for Employee Free Choice Continues Despite Specter’s Flip | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 24, 2009 at 4:56 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Even though he was a sponsor of the original Employee Free Choice Act in 2003, supported the bill again in 2005 and voted against a Republican filibuster of it... Read more » |
| 100 Historians Sign On to Support Employee Free Choice Act | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 24, 2009 at 2:59 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Some of the nation’s top historians have signed a petition asking Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and protect the freedom to form unions and bargain. Organized... Read more » |
