Wednesday May 22, 2013
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Labor

Scab pizza sliced from Milwaukee campus
Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/15/13
The UWM Boycott Coalition for Worker’s Rights at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee declared a major a victory after the university halted sales of...
anti-union busting, Boycott, immigrant rights, Palermo's Pizza, Youth Empowered in the Struggle
International Workers Day 2013 in Havana, Cuba
Staff | Havana, Cuba | 5/07/13
Fight Back! correspondents took these photos at the massive International Workers Day march in Havana, Cuba on May 1, 2013. The march had 3 themes: '...
4 Michigan workers fired for organizing union: ‘Right To Work’ laws in practice
Tom Burke | Coopersville, MI | 5/04/13
Over 100 workers and community supporters rallied to oppose the firing of four local Michigan workers by Dahlgren Industrial.
anti-union busting, Collective bargaining, Dahlgren Industrial, right to work, workers rights
Labor activist and author Joe Burns speaks to Jacksonville union members on ‘Reviving the Strike’
Staff | Jacksonville, FL | 4/23/13
On April 21, union members from the Jacksonville area gathered in the IBEW 177 union hall to hear labor activist and author Joe Burns speak about his book...
Central Labor Council, Joe Burns, Reviving the Strike
UIC: Local 73 steward suspended for union activity
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, Illinois | 4/19/13
At the hospital of the University of Illinois at Chicago, one of the most recognized union stewards is Randy Evans of the Service Employees International...
Joe Isobaker, Randy Evans, SEIU Local 73, University of Chicago
Trumka’s Turn Around Proposal
Kas Schwerdtfeger | United States | 3/30/13
Taking an honest look at the labor movement, it doesn’t take a genius to find it at a low that hasn't been seen since the early 1930s.
AFL-CIO, Labor Movement, Trumka, unions
Florida wage theft battle continues
Staff | Gainesville, FL | 3/21/13
The Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force went before the Alachua County commissioners on March 12 to demand a solution to the wage theft epidemic in the...
Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force, wage theft, workers struggle
CIW 6-mile march protesting Publix declares “New day for farmworkers”
Staff | Lakeland, FL | 3/18/13
About 1000 people took to the streets here, March 17, marching six miles to the Publix Supermarket headquarters.
CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farmworkers, Lakeland, Publix
Florida rallies to repeal voter suppression laws
Staff | Pensacola, FL | 3/11/13
Activists and workers in 23 cities across Florida laced up their boots, grabbed their picket signs, and took to the streets on March 5 to protest the...
Awake the State, Governor Rick Scott, voter suppression
International Women’s Day celebrated in Minneapolis
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/09/13
More than 50 people gathered here March 8, to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event, organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO),...
Freedom Road Socialist Organization, International Women's Day