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August 2010
Labor Launches Campaign to Mobilize Unemployed Voters
Original source: Working America Working America Unveils Campaign to Organize & Mobilize Unemployed Voters August 18, 2010 (Washington, DC, Aug. 18) Working America is launching a campaign that will organize & mobilize hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers across the nation for the November elections.
One Nation Working Together – March on Washington
Original source: United for Peace and Justice UFPJ 2010 Fall Call to Action: Peace, Jobs and Justice Now! August 28th - Washington DC and Detroit! Oct. 2nd - One Nation Movement, Washington DC This fall movements for peace and justice will have unprecedented opportunities to support and build on one another's work while highlighting one of the root causes of all of our struggles – war.
Support Garment Workers in Bangladesh
Take action here and speak up here Appeal to Trade Unions, Workers and All Humanitarian Organizations of the World Support Struggle of The Garment Workers of Bangladesh Original source: Communist Party of Bangladesh More than three million garments workers in Bangladesh are on strike in support of their demand for taka 5000 (US $70) as monthly basic wage, other fringe benefits trade union rights according to law and ILO convention, rights and benefits ensured by labor laws, compliance to regulations ensuring work place safety etc.
‘I Would Join a Union’
More than 70 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt said, “If I were a worker in a factory, the first thing I would do would be to join a union.” Barack Obama recently referenced FDR’s statement and took it further:
Labor Leads Fight to Stop GOP on Nov. 2
Remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, Battleground States Conference, Washington, DC August 03, 2010 Thanks for coming to D.C. I'm excited to see you, because I know you're getting fired up to go all out.
