Google is going to take over the world. They are now offering loans up to $10k to businesses that want to invest in their Adwords program; they’re going to launch in the UK first and then branch out in a… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Billionaire CEO threatens to fire employees if Obama is re-elected
By Eric W. Dolan David Siegel, the founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts, on Monday sent a letter to his 7000 employees warning that the company would be downsized if President Barack Obama was elected to a second term. Siegal,… Read More ›
Walmart Strike Memo Reveals Confidential Management Plans
Walmart launched a large-scale response this week to a series of unprecedented labor strikes, according to a confidential document obtained by The Huffington Post. The seven-page internal memo, issued Oct. 8, is intended for salaried employees only, and contains instructions… Read More ›
Walmart’s First-Ever Retail Worker Strike Spreads To 12 Cities [UPDATE]
by Alice Hines The first retail worker strike against Walmart has spread from Los Angeles, where it began last week, to stores in a dozen cities, a union official said Tuesday. Walmart workers walked off the job in Dallas, Seattle,… Read More ›
Greek anti-fascist protesters ‘tortured by police’ after Golden Dawn clash
Fifteen people arrested in Athens says they were subjected to what their lawyer describes as an Abu Ghraib-style humiliation by Maria Margaronis Fifteen anti-fascist protesters arrested in Athens during a clash with supporters of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have… Read More ›
Here to stay: Chavez wins Venezuelan presidency (PHOTOS)
Incumbent President, Hugo Chavez, has won Venezuela’s tightly-contested presidential elections, clinching a fourth term with over 54 per cent of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council. With more than 90 per cent of the ballot counted, election officials… Read More ›
Dozens arrested at Anti-Columbus Day San Francisco protest (PHOTOS)
About 22 protesters were arrested in an “unpermitted” San Francisco march while police officers tried to disperse them for blocking traffic. Demonstrators wore black clothing, masks and threw rocks, paint and flares at police, injuring one officer. The protest started… Read More ›
Thousands protest in Turkey over Syria mandate
Protesters take to the streets in Ankara and Istanbul after Turkey’s parliament approved military operations against targets in Syria following the deaths of five Turkish citizens from Syrian shelling. Around 5,000 people took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday… Read More ›
Wal-Mart Strike: Dozens Of LA Workers Walk Off The Job In First-Ever Strike Against Retailer (PHOTOS)
by Kathleen Miles For the first time in Walmart’s 50-year history, workers at multiple stores have gone on strike, even though their jobs are not protected by a labor union. More than 70 Los Angeles Walmart workers from nine stores… Read More ›
Land sold off and used for biofuels could have fed 1 billion people – report
2 million kilometers of foreign purchased land in developing countries is either idle or used for Western biofuel production, according to a British charity. Oxfam’s report estimates an area the size of London is sold every six days. The report… Read More ›
California Is First State to Ban Gay ‘Cure’ for Minors
By ERIK ECKHOLM California has become the first state to ban the use for minors of disputed therapies to “overcome” homosexuality, a step hailed by gay rights groups across the country that say the therapies have caused dangerous emotional harm… Read More ›
Riot rage: Athens protesters throw firebombs, police shoot tear gas
A rally in the Greek capital turned violent when protesters in Syntagma Square lobbed Molotov cocktails at police, who retaliated by firing tear gas at the demonstrators. Security forces also reportedly used flashbang grenades and pepper spray to push protesters… Read More ›
Judge throws out charges against Occupy Chicago protesters
BY DAN MIHALOPOULOS They were handcuffed, hauled out of Grant Park and stuck in jail for up to 24 hours — even though the maximum penalty for a curfew violation includes no jail time. But now, a judge said the… Read More ›
Honduras human rights lawyer for agrarian groups murdered at wedding
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A leading human rights lawyer who represented several Honduran agrarian groups in disputes with large landowners was killed by gunmen on Sunday, a land rights organization said. Antonio Trejo Cabrera, 41, was shot five times while attending… Read More ›
Food Stamp Ridicule Humiliates Woman At The Supermarket
By Arthur Delaney Cindy Nerger of Warner Robins, Ga., said she and her husband aren’t proud when they use their food stamp debit card to buy groceries. “I felt shy when I used them and my husband does, too,” Nerger,… Read More ›
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