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Press Clips April 24, 2008

• US labor presses CAFTA complaint against Guatemala
• 150 deaths per workday due to job injuries, illness, study says

Press Clips April 24, 2008

UNC-CH Students Protest Sweatshop Apparel

Dozens of students at UNC Chapel Hill have staged a sit-in since April 17, 2008.

UNC-CH Students Protest Sweatshop Apparel

FLOC Action @ R.J. Reynolds Shareholder Meeting

Reynolds still refuses to meet with FLOC to discuss the plight of their tobacco field workers.

FLOC Action @ R.J. Reynolds Shareholder Meeting

IBM Stockholder Action, Picket on Tuesday

Next Tuesday, April 29th, members of the Alliance @ IBM, a division of CWA, and their supporters will take action with a picket line and rally outside the IBM shareholders meeting in Charlotte.

What: IBM Stockholder action and picket line

IBM Stockholder Action, Picket on Tuesday

NC Democratic Party Refuses Smithfield Money

2008 will surely be the most expensive election in history, and political parties at every level will need to raise and spend vast sums of money to secure victories in November.

NC Democratic Party Refuses Smithfield Money

Workers Memorial Day is Monday, April 28

Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions.

Workers Memorial Day is Monday, April 28