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Labor Struggles, Then and Now: Workers in One Iowa Town Epitomize the Past and Present of the Labor Movement

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. May 20, 2012.

A dramatic and bitter labor conflict has played out in Muscatine, Iowa in recent years, though without the prominence or massive community support of a century ago.

Can Unionizing Save Medical Marijuana in Los Angeles?

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story. March 23, 2012.

The City of Los Angeles won’t be banning marijuana dispensaries any time soon, if the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) gets its way.

200,000 March For Immigration Reform in Massive D.C. Rally

Douglas Rivlin, AlterNet. March 21, 2010.

The message was clear: fix our broken immigration system, stop the deportations that split up families, and allow immigrants to come to the US legally and to earn legal status.

Immigration Reform: House Of Labor Marches With Immigrants

Douglas Rivlin, NewsJunkiePost.com. March 20, 2010.

The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week and will be on display this weekend.

Corporate America Trying to Make Union Activities Illegal

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. March 26, 2008.

"This is a terrible menace to rights of free speech and protest, and constitutional rights and freedom of expression."

Grocery Store Workers Rally in Brooklyn for Overtime Pay, Fight Wage Theft

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet December 31, 1969.

Multimedia photo essay from a community protest of a local grocery\'s exploitative treatment of its workers.