Wind of Spirit hosts Sandy day laborer relief brigade Sunday
Fourteen workers centers, including one in Morristown, that are members of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network will be participating, along with Laborers union members and allies.www.dailyrecord.com
Immigrants struggle to cope in Sandy's aftermath
Groups that are part of the National Day Labor Organizing Network have also brought day laborers to do volunteer cleanup activities on weekends.www.timesunion.com
Walmart Black Friday Strike Being Organized Online For Stores Across US ...
Labor organizers are working with social action nonprofit Engage Network as well as corporate watchdog nonprofit Corporate Action Network to pull off what they are calling a "viral" -- meaning national and spreading online -- strike. Walmart workers ...www.huffingtonpost.com
After Hurricane Sandy, Day Laborers Play Central Role in Cleanup, Rebuilding
"At great sacrifice for themselves and great benefit for everyone, day laborers are first responders for reconstruction," said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, in a published blog. But there is concern among ...latino.foxnews.com
Labor group holds small protest at Northborough Walmart
By Brad Petrishen/Daily News staff ... "The community stands with you and your co-workers as you organize for fair wage and dignity on the job." ... Also present were local members of Jobs with Justice, a national network of coalitions that fights for ...www.metrowestdailynews.com
Obama's Army of Illegal Election Workers
It is a "partner" with the far-left Center for Community Change (CCC) and the National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON).www.rightsidenews.com
What's in a (School) Name? Honoring Oklahoma's Progressive Roots
Returning to Oklahoma City after the war, Ameringer published a radical newspaper, the Oklahoma Leader, which, as the American Guardian from 1931 to 1941, developed a national circulation. Ameringer waged a high-profile campaign in the Leader ... In ...news.infoshop.org
Lawsuit Demands Transparency Between GA Law Enforcement and ICE
With representation by the ACLU of Georgia, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic, the lawsuit alleges that DHS and ICE have failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, and demands the release of the ...www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com
While rebuilding Sandy-struck areas, immigrant day laborers are undergoing ...
"In the rebuilding frenzy, there is a disregard for workers' health and safety," said Nadia Marin Molina, of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. "So often, employers don't provide the equipment they are supposed to." One worker center in ...www.gsnmagazine.com
For Migrant Workers, Still the Harvest, and the Shame
Two years ago, on the 50th anniversary of the piece, CBS News commissioned Byron Pitts, the network's national correspondent (and now a 60 Minutes correspondent) to go back into the fields and report on what he saw.www.theatlantic.com
Child trafficking victims freed in Burkina Faso
The U.N. labor organization describes mining jobs as "one of the worst forms of child labor" and has worked for laws and agreements fighting it.www.newswest9.com
Walmart Black Friday boycott & strike threat grows
The list of participating organizations is growing each day. But the strike threat was initially led by a handful of pro-labor groups including OUR Walmart, Making Change at Walmart, and the Corporate Action Network. OUR Walmart is the organization ...www.examiner.com
Wal-Mart files lawsuit against organizers of 'Black Friday' boycott
Wal-Mart has taken legal action against its organized labor opponents, who have called for a boycott on "Black Friday" - the day after Thanksgiving, and one of the busiest shopping days of the holiday season - for what they claim are unfair business ...www.catholic.org
Commentary: Much to be thankful for in sports
You read about it almost every day; hear it discussed endlessly by the talking heads on radio and television. ... But Tygart pressed on, eventually building a case that tore apart the facade Armstrong had created, detailing a widespread and systematic ...www.pjstar.com
NLRB: No decision on stopping Walmart protests before Thursday
(RNN) - The National Labor Relations Board released a statement Tuesday saying it will continue to investigate for at least another day Walmart's request to stop Black Friday walkouts and protests sponsored by a pro-union website. The board's Office of ...www.wtvm.com
Letters | Veteran help, Bishop Finn, public schools
I can't think of a labor law Wal-Mart hasn't broken, including wage theft, discrimination against women and firing workers who try to organize. This undercuts good ... The network is set to span as far south as Interstate 435 on the Missouri side. A ...www.kansascity.com
A Black Friday strike? It could happen, and it's legal
Petitions asking retailers to change their minds about opening on Thanksgiving Day have garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures on Change.www.annarbor.com
President Obama: Moving forward on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Three months after a federal judge sided with the National Day Labor Organizing Network, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and ruled that the DHS must share the information; the Warren Institute released ...www.allvoices.com
Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2012: 50 Transgender Icons
Regardless, it's a heartbreaking and outrageous number and the Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day not only to mourn those we've lost and celebrate the lives they lived, but also bring awareness to the struggle and dangers that trans and gender non ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Walk-out at 1000 Wal-Mart stores set for Black Friday
The choice of the biggest and busiest shopping day of the year has Walmart execs upset and nervous. Union-backed organization OUR Walmart and Making Change at Walmart, and something called Corporate Action Network are demanding that this ...www.allvoices.com
Saturday, November 24, 2012
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