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… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight … … The AFL-CIO, representing 12.5 million workers in 60 national and international unions, extends our heartfelt greeting to our Jewish members, their families and the Jewish community as a whole. The beginning of Passover, which is celebrated all … Haggadah to the bitter herbs that are served as part of the holiday meal, emphasize the pain of slavery and injustice at work that were imposed millennia ago on the ancient Israelite slaves.  These memories resonate with us today—not only within …

… The U.S. Department of Labor has added three products to the list of good produced by forced labor, child labor or both. The list now includes 133 products from 71 countries, ranging from bamboo in Burma to zinc in Bolivia. Added to the list yesterday are bricks in Afghanistan and cassiterite and coltan in the Democratic … million children, some as young as five years old are part of the global workforce. In factories and in fields, children work up to 15 hours a day, seven days a week. Matches, rugs, soccer balls, leather goods, paper cups, toys, shoes, …

… I don’t mean to be rude, but please don’t thank me or any living veteran for their service today. Not today. Today is Memorial Day. It’s a … human beings: Men and women who laid down their lives not just for our nation, but for us—the comrades to their left and right. Now there’s no doubt that there will be a flurry of e-mails and speeches today from politicians of all stripes. … Often. Will these folks be memorialized today by the politicians—the same politicians who vote to keep veterans out of work; the same politicians who vote to defund and privatize the VA and similar programs? Probably not. That’s bad for …

… announced last week they are organizing with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and are calling on management to voluntarily recognize them. The 46-member bargaining unit includes staffers for CBSNews.com as well as CBS’ mobile … in the news industry, forming a union is critical for journalists to protect themselves and ensure they can keep doing the work they care about. In a statement delivered to management, CBS News Digital Union said, “As a union, we want to ensure … “There is power in a union, and our union will continue to use our power to guarantee that all health care is a human right.” Faculty at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Reach Tentative Agreement, Averting Strike : Faculty at the …