Elon, N.C. Two years after voting by a 2-to-1 margin to unionize, on March 4 the embattled Elon Faculty Union finally forced the greedy administrators of Elon University to the bargaining table. EFU is Local 32 of the Service Employees Union, Workers United Southern Region. Students for an Equitable Elon . . .
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Most workers have little choice when it comes to paying income taxes. The money is deducted from our paychecks before we even get a chance to listen to the rustle of the bills and the clink of the coins. Not so with big corporations. They can afford tax “advisors” who . . .
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March 29 marked 34 years since the Haitian constitution of 1987 — marking the end of the Duvalierist dictatorship — was adopted. Two massive demonstrations on March 28 and 29 — not just in Port-au-Prince, but in Saint-Marc, Cap-Haïtien and Port-de-Paix — were held to defend this constitution. These were . . .
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Jerome Coffey has been wrongly incarcerated for 28 years. He is an exceptional Pro-Se litigator, that is, representing himself in legal actions. He filed and won a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and a civil suit. In both these cases, he successfully defended himself. His next Post-Conviction Relief Act . . .
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El 29 de marzo concluyeron unas históricas elecciones sindicales después de que 5.800 trabajadores de los almacenes de Amazon, más del 80% de ellos afroamericanos, votaran para ser representados por el Sindicato de Minoristas, Almacenes y de tiendas por departamentos en Bessemer, Alabama, cerca de Birmingham. Podrían pasar semanas o . . .
Continue reading En el espíritu del Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. los trabajadores de Bessemer luchan por justicia at Workers.org
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