Labor wins two historic battles

Scared by Republic sit-in, banks pay up

Workers streamed out of the Republic Windows and Doors factory on Dec. 10 chanting “¡Sí se puede!” (Yes we can!) After a six-day-long occupation, they were able to force the world’s largest private bank, Bank of America, to fully fund 60-days severance pay, health insurance and earned vacation pay for workers....

Smithfield workers vote in union

Workers at the world’s largest packinghouse, a hog processing facility in Tar Heel, N.C., won their 15-year struggle to organize this Smithfield plant. They voted 2,041-1,879 to certify the United Food and Commercial Workers in the NLRB election conducted over Dec. 10-11. ...

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