Holder At National Council of La Raza Convention Promises Aggressive Civil...
The U.S. Justice Department will aggressively protect the civil liberties, voting rights and safety of Latinos in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder promised during a Saturday address at...
View ArticleImmigration law critics protest at All-Star Game
PHOENIX -- Critics of a polarizing immigration law in Arizona protested the legislation Tuesday in triple-digit heat outside Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in downtown Phoenix, drawing sideways...
View ArticleCain apologizes for comments on border fence
PHOENIX (AP) — GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain apologized again Monday for remarks about building an electric fence on the Mexico border that could kill people trying to cross illegally, but he...
View ArticleObama "fanatic" threatens to kill Sheriff Arpaio, says arrest report
His postings read in part: I plan to kill Arpaio first. He will be filled with a thousand bullet holes before the year is out. I promise you this. He won’t [expletive] with Obama. He will be buried 10...
View ArticleStaying put in Arizona after the anti-immigration bill: Not all undocumented...
Hundreds of immigrants protesters on the one-year anniversary of SB1070. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Erika Andiola still remembers the day Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration bill, known as...
View ArticleReturning to the Scene of the Crime: Phoenix, Two Years Later
Two years ago, on July 29, 2010, I was arrested in Phoenix for nonviolent civil disobedience during large protests against SB1070, Arizona's anti-immigrant law. As the president of the Unitarian...
View ArticleImmigration law protesters at All-Star game
PHOENIX (AP) — Critics of a polarizing immigration law in Arizona protested the legislation Tuesday in triple-digit heat outside Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in downtown Phoenix, drawing...
View ArticleArpaio: 'Obama waging war on Arizona'
“Obama is waging war on Arizona over illegal immigration.” That terse assessment is from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has tangled with the White House over his investigation of Obama’s birth...
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PHOENIX–With fresh calls for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to face a federal criminal trial, many are predicting the end of his controversial career. What few people realize outside metropolitan...
View ArticleWill Obama 'man-up' and meet with Sheriff Joe?
Related topics Sheriff Joe ArpaioBarack ObamaamnestyArizona Advertisement On Monday, it was reported that the recently re-elected Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, told Breitbart News that he would...
View ArticleJoe Arpaio's Sixth Term As Sheriff Opposed By Latino Voters And Democrat...
Latinos in Maricopa County want a new sheriff in town. And they’re hoping retired police officer Paul Penzone will be the one to stop Joe Arpaio, “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” from obtaining a sixth...
View ArticleObama's actions have made Sheriff Joe Arpaio more popular
On Friday, the East Valley Tribune reported that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has already raised more than $1 million this year, alone for his re-election campaign. The five-term Republican now...
View ArticleEight Union Victories Progressives Should Be Watching - and Learning From
We always hear that unions are in trouble. But that's not the whole story. While nearly one of every three American workers were union members in 1945, today only 6.9 percent of private sector...
View ArticleLabor Board Overturns Vote by Sandwich Shop Workers
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday announced a settlement that sets aside an Oct. 22 election in which workers at 10 Jimmy John’s sandwich shops in the Minneapolis area voted 87 to 85...
View ArticleArizona immigrants: young Latinos ready to 'really release the energy'
Controversial policies have inadvertently energised state's young Latinos, who are getting involved in local government An undocumented immigrant is processed by deputies working for Maricopa County...
View ArticleBefore Obama, Cesar Chavez was "Si Se Puede" in Arizona
Related topics Latino CommunitySB 1070 immigrationMexican American Studies Advertisement Cesar Chavez was a Latino farm labor leader, a community organizer and champion of militant nonviolent social...
View ArticleLast of Arizona immigration protesters on trial
AMANDA LEE MYERS The Associated Press PHOENIX - The president of a national religious organization and five others went on trial Friday in Phoenix a year after they were arrested while protesting...
View ArticleJimmy John's Employees Plan First Fast-Food Union
If there's any a workplace that needs a union, it's fast-food chains. Minimum wages, no sick days, and strategically allotted shifts so no one qualifies for adequate health benefits. It's barely...
View ArticleIn Solidarity With Walmart Strikers
Walmart is the largest employer in the U.S with more than 1.4 million workers. And it’s one of the most virulently anti-union employers. In the handful of cases where employees have managed to...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving message in solidarityColumn
Walmart is the largest employer in the U.S with more than 1.4 million workers. And it's one of the most virulently anti-union employers. In the handful of cases where employees have managed to...
View ArticleWorkers at 9 Jimmy John's shops trying to unionize
Some workers at nine Twin Cities Jimmy John's outlets are trying to organize a union under the banner of the Industrial Workers of the World. The target of the organizing drive are Jimmy John's...
View ArticleWould You Like a Union With That, Comrade?
By F. Vincent Vernuccio on 10.19.10 @ 6:08AM Workers at some of America's fast food restaurants could be in for some interesting times soon. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is attempting to...
View ArticleElection so rare you'll freak
As union elections go, it doesn't get much rarer than what's being served up Friday at nine Minneapolis-area Jimmy John's sandwich shops. About 185 workers are slated to choose whether they want to...
View ArticleUnion loses tight Jimmy John's vote, 87-85
In a highly unusual union election, the Wobblies lost the war for Jimmy John's by the narrowest of margins. Workers at 10 Twin Cities Jimmy John's sandwich shops Friday voted 87-85 against being...
View ArticleNLRB nullifies Jimmy John's union vote results
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A settlement between the National Labor Relations Board and the owners of Jimmy John's sandwich shops in Minneapolis has set aside a recent election in which workers narrowly...
View ArticleJimmy Johns Labor Dispute Bursts onto National Stage with Coast-to-Coast...
Jimmy Johns Labor Dispute Bursts onto National Stage with Coast-to-Coast Actions Planned for Labor Day Fast Food Union Campaign Escalates as Management Refuses to Meet with Workers MINNEAPOLIS- Faced...
View ArticleJudge sides with workers in Jimmy John's case
A federal administrative law judge has ruled that a Twin Cities Jimmy John's franchisee violated the union organizing rights of six employees by firing them last year after they publicly protested the...
View ArticleNLRB says Jimmy John's didn't play fair
Federal regulators have found that a Twin Cities Jimmy John's franchisee -- the target of an unusual union-organizing drive -- violated workers' rights in ways that included firing several employees...
View ArticleUnion drive gets do-over at Jimmy John's
The Industrial Workers of the World, which lost a squeaker union election in October at 10 Minneapolis-area Jimmy John's restaurants, won a legal victory Monday with the approval of an agreement that...
View ArticleJimmy John's: Company Credibility Erodes as NLRB Investigation over Firing...
Two months after Jimmy John's fired six workers for blowing the whistle on a company practice of forcing sandwich-makers to work while sick, the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union has released Minnesota...
View ArticleJimmy John's Workers Fight Year-Long Battle To Win Back Jobs
Last March, Erik Forman was fired, along with five of his friends, from his job at a Jimmy John's sandwich shop in Minneapolis. A delivery man, Forman says he loved the work almost as much as he hated...
View ArticleBribes, threats, punches alleged in Jimmy John's unionization effort
A unionization drive at 10 Jimmy John's sandwich shops in the Twin Cities has turned decidedly ugly, with accusations of threats, bribery and even physical assault flying between union members and a...
View ArticleChampaign-Based Jimmy John's Faces a New, Old Union: the Industrial Workers...
Friday, September 3 Twin Cities Indymedia Minneapolis, Minn.--"I wanted to join the Jimmy Union because I made better wages when I was 16," said one worker at the picket line outside the Block E Jimmy...
View ArticleMoney, politics top 2012 headlines in Arizona
Money, politics and corruption were among the top headlines in Arizona in 2012. Candidates and outside groups spent big money during the election season. While Republicans were successful in holding...
View ArticleSpicy McChicken Too Spicy, According To Man Who Allegedly Called Cops To...
There are a variety of cures for cooling down your burning mouth after eating spicy food. Some might drink some milk or eat a slice of bread, but one man took to extreme measures to cool down his...
View ArticleSubway 'Footlong' Controversy Leads Jersey Boys To Sue Chain
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men have sued Subway, saying the world's biggest fast-food chain has been shorting them on its so-called footlong sandwiches. The filing made Tuesday seeks...
View ArticleSubway Footlong Lawsuit: Chicago Man Slaps Sandwich Giant With Suit Alleging...
Subway, the world's largest fast food chain, is facing criticism after an Australian man posted a picture on the company's Facebook page on Jan. 16, 2013, of one of its famous sandwiches next to a...
View ArticleArizona anti-immigration law already felt in state's Hispanic communities
While US supreme court weighs the legality of some of the law's provisions, many say they're already living in a state of fear On the ground in Phoenix, organisations working in Hispanic...
View ArticleGlass In Subway Sandwich Allegedly Swallowed By 3-Year-Old Girl (PHOTO)
A little girl's trip to Subway recently turned into an emergency visit to the hospital after a mother allegedly made a disturbing discovery insider her daughter's sandwich. Laura Clark, the mother of...
View ArticleDG Networks - A Rare Interview Exploring the Life and Career of Sheriff...
David William Gibbons International Broadcaster and Historian interviews Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio, in a rare radio legacy program exploring the life and career of this world renowned law enforcement...
View ArticleCatholics 4 Sheriff Joe Arpaio & Murder
According to court papers filed in United States District Court (phoenix) an Arizona Catholic Hospital, Mercy Gilbert Hospital (Dignity Health, Inc.), has shown solidarity with Sheriff Joe Arpaio with...
View ArticleCitizen coalition defends Sheriff Joe
In his two decades in office, Maricopa, Ariz., County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been tough on lawbreakers, including violators of immigration law, and that’s made him a lot of enemies. Now, an...
View ArticleSubway 6-Inch Sub Deal Offers Sandwiches For $3
NEW YORK -- If Subway's $5 Footlong is too expensive, the chain is now offering 6-inch subs for $3. The promotion makes Subway just the latest chain to step up its value offerings as the competition...
View ArticleSheriff Arpaio faces re-election amid challenges, controversy and massive war...
July 17, 2012,: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says in Phoenix that President Obama's birth certificate is a forgery, based on a new investigation.AP Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is as embattled as...
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