April 11, 2007: Santiago Rafael Cruz, an organizer for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), was found bound and beaten to death yesterday in the group's Monterrey, Mexico, office. FLOC doesn't believe it was a random killing.
Nurses at two hospital systems are voting on tentative agreements after the longest and largest nurses’ strike in New York City history. 15,000 nurses went on strike for four weeks to fight for safe staffing, protections against workplace violence, and to defend their own healthcare benefits.
Indiana Local 135 Teamsters at US Foods have won a new contract that delivers 24% or higher wage increases over the life of the contract.
