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The Food on This Table

The Food on This Table

THIS THANKSGIVING, like every other day, we should keep in mind the agricultural system that brings food to our tables. It is a system of people, after all. Let us give thanks to the low-wage workers, many of them immigrant and refugee, who make it possible to have such feasts.

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SEIU Employing Gangster Tactics?

SEIU Employing Gangster Tactics?

A RIVAL UNION has accused the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of pressuring workers to vote for SEIU over The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and using coercive and illegal means. NUHW has filed charges.

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Tuesday Morning Newspaper Notes

Tuesday Morning Newspaper Notes

BIENVENIDOS! Let’s sit for a moment and savor this hot, sweet, brew as the sun rises over the land. Let’s share news of the day and talk about what we lend our hand to; how we can make things a little better for all, or reach a little higher ourselves, or root out injustice.

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Unified Labor Movement Supporting “Rights-Based” Immigration Reform

LABOR GIANTS SEIU AND A.F.L.C.I.O have come to an accord on the fight for immigration reform and today proudly told the press of the unified effort, one which will seek, “finally, a principled public dialogue” and one, according to SEIU, that “does justice to our heritage as a nation of immigrants.” Get the link to the Nezua-notated liveblog of the call in this post.