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Walmart workers fast for better wages

More than 100 workers across the country are going on a fast to demonstrate against low wages at Walmart. About a dozen workers protested Tuesday afternoon outside a Walmart on Dale Mabry Highway just north of...
Kevin Beckner

Hillsborough passes wage recovery ordinance

Hillsborough County now has a way to help employees who are getting short-changed by their bosses; the County Commission unanimously passed a “wage recovery ordinance” Wednesday morning to resolve disputes when a worker claims wage theft....
Aaron Carmella

Tampa labor activist opposes Trans-Pacific Partnership

Monday the United States reached agreement with eleven partner countries concluding negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; there’s organized opposition to the TPP from environmental and labor activists, including a field director for the Central Labor...
Gerardo Reyes, CIW

Fair Food Program expanding outside Florida

Florida tomato harvesters are celebrating that a labor agreement they hashed out with growers is spreading to other states; the Fair Food Program began as a deal between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and tomato...
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Union for St. Pete city workers upset at proposal to drop step raises

St. Petersburg City Council will consider a new budget for final approval Thursday; but the union representing more than 1200 city workers is upset at a proposal by Mayor Rick Kriseman to eliminate annual step...
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Hillsborough teachers union: state needs to do more to help failing schools

This week the Hillsborough County School Board approved a new principal of Sligh Middle School in Tampa’s northeast Seminole Heights. It’s the fourth principal of the F-rated school in five years. To find out why...

Fast food workers protest in Tampa for minimum wage hike

Fast food workers protest in Tampa for minimum wage hike

In Florida Secretary of Labor pushes paid family leave and increased minimum wage

In Florida Secretary of Labor pushes paid family leave and increased minimum wage
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May Day rally for labor and immigration rights in Ybor City

May Day rally for labor and immigration rights in Ybor City
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Preview of May Day labor and immigration rally in Tampa

Preview of May Day labor and immigration rally in Tampa
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Adjunct instructors at USF will join national walkout Wednesday

Adjunct instructors at USF will join national walkout Wednesday
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Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW’s Fair Food Program

Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW's Fair Food Program

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