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May Day protest
FrameworkMay Day has moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest , with rallies and marches around the globe.... -
Pictures in the News | May 1, 2013
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Promised Land
LA Times MagazineCentury-old Llano del Rio—one man’s great hope for a Southern California Socialist utopia... -
Grayson headlines rally for immigration reform
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson will lead a series of speakers Wednesday evening -- May Day -- at a rally for immigration reform in Orlando. Immigrants, workers and students are expected to come together with community leaders and immigration advocates for the...
Tags: Immigration, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employees
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FEATURE: The story behind the masks
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Westerners' fascination with the way labourers in Thailand toil under the hot sun with faces and bodies completely covered finds fresh expression in a photo exhibition that's spread around Ratchaburi. German photographer Ralf...Tags: Asia, Arts and Culture, Germany, Thailand, Arts
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Commentary: True meaning of May Day: celebrating the worker
When I was a little girl, my mother would have us weave ribbons into our strawberry baskets and fill them with flowers. We'd then sneak up to our neighbors' homes, ring the bell and leave our beautiful little bouquets on their doorsteps. We'd squeal...Tags: Labor Day, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Video of Utah slaughterhouse draws attention to 'ag-gag' laws
Amy Meyer was standing outside a slaughterhouse in Draper City, Utah, in February and said she saw what she had suspected: wounded animals being dragged to their deaths. Then she did what she had come for in this YouTube age and took out her cellphone...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Justice System, Trials, Misdemeanors
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Need a raise? Want a tattoo? It's your lucky day
Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.” My colleague Ricardo Lopez reported Thursday on Rapid Realty, a New York real estate...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Lindsay Lohan, Qualcomm Inc.
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Labor, immigration activists hold May Day rallies
DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people have held May Day rallies in Detroit and Grand Rapids, calling for immigration law changes and other labor condition improvements on the international workers holiday. About 200 community, labor and immigration...Tags: United Auto Workers, AFL-CIO, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Chelsea (Staten Island, New York), Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Staten Island (New York City), Crime, Law and Justice
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Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican
ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...
Tags: Francis I, Benedict XVI, Vatican City
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Outrage over Bangladesh collapse spills into May Day rallies
Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety. The death toll steadily swelled in the aftermath of the disaster...
Tags: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Sheikh Hasina, Politics
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