51 Trade Unionists Killed in Colombia

By: Shelly Ruzicka As workers and unionists across the Midwest and across the country continue their fight to maintain collective bargaining rights, unionists in Columbia are fighting for their lives.   Last year alone, 51  unionists were killed in Columbia.  That’s more than the rest of the world combined. Our friends at the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on [...]

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Solidarity with Los Mineros in Mexico

By Adam Kader On Saturday, February 19th, over 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the Mexican Consulate in support of the Mineros, the Mexican Miners Union.  Arise Chicago, along with other community groups and unions, joined the United Steel Workers to participate in the Global Days of Action. In 2006, 65 miners were killed at [...]

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Workers’ Rights Here and Abroad

Workers toppled a dictator in Egypt, but might be silenced in Wisconsin. See the story in The American Prospect, Harold Myerson, February 17, 2011

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