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Danville People's Forum On Healthcare sponsored by the Vermont Workers Center

Franklin County People's Forum On Healthcare sponsored by the Vermont Workers Center

Rutland People's Forum On Healthcare sponsored by the Vermont Workers Center

In recent years, Bolivia has been roiled by competing political forces, with the indigenous coca growers’ union (the "Cocaleros") becoming an unexpected powerhouse.

National Foods Australia owned by multi national Kirin is stripping assets from local food processors while destroying livelhoods of Australian families ,This a positive boycott to support local Australia, processors and suppliers and local jobs

We've been talking about blowback on GRITtv today, and we can see the same patterns emerging in economic policy. The pattern of subcontracting work over and over until the original company can claim they have nothing to do with the work that gets done, ...

President Obama is expected to announce that he will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan next week. In the wake of that decision, discussion of the consequences of United States intervention around the world becomes even more important. It's not ...

Unemployment is up, Wall Street is reporting record profits, the health care debate is dragging on, and Americans are angry. There's no doubt about the anger, anyway. But it hasn't translated thus far into any increased agitation for labor. Workers are ...

Today, ten percent of America’s workforce is unemployed, and many more workers are facing underemployment or enduring poor working conditions and inadequate supports and benefits. Jody Heymann, founder and director of the Project on Global Working ...

16 workers a day die from work-related injuries, according to this latest video from Brave New Films. Charles Jeffress, former Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), notes that there are hardly any ...

The unemployment number officially hit double digits recently, though the actual truth is that it's been in double digits for a while. The Nation's John Nichols , author of Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and ...

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is funding organizations that engage in activities or profess philosophies that are completely contrary to Church teaching, such as gay marriage, abortion, and birth control.

Dave Tucker, Campaigns Officer War on Want, discusses the corporate domination of europe and trade at all costs, elimatation of trade barriers and companies just doing what they want openly.

"Organizing for Justice Against Silver Palace" (1994) a National Hometown Award winning video that documented the nine-month picketline of Chinese restaurant workers at the Silver Palace Restaurant in Chinatown. Total Running Time: 8 22

We often think of pollution as something that comes from factories and large corporations, but in fact much of the greenhouse gases causing climate change come from everyday homes. Green for All is leading the charge for sustainable jobs that support ...

From the Media Mobilizing Project, and Independent mediamakers Chris Filippone and Chris Rogy comes this exploration into the role and effect lawmakers and state regulators play in the lives of Philadelphia’s taxi drivers. Driving the American ...

The Workers Defense Project Celebrates 7 years of Fighting for Justice in the Austin Community! Silent Auction, Food, and Live Music! This years honorees are TateAustinHahn and David Adamson for their generous support to the organization.

Sam Gindin: The economy should be transformed to meet climate change challenge