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In 1867, American workers launched the first mass labor protest on May 1st to celebrate Illinois’s new eight-hour work day law. Today, nearly 150 years later, we carry on that May Day celebration of the rights of the working class by mobilizing for comprehensive immigration reform.

CWA President Larry Cohen and scores of CWA activists joined more than 6,000 coal miners, their families and supporters from across the country in St. Louis on Monday to protest Patriot Coal's motion to cut health benefits for 10,000 retired miners in federal bankruptcy court.

Worksafe's report for Workers Memorial Day is now available: Dying at Work in California: The Hidden Stories Behind the Numbers

The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)'s email alert from April 24 is available on their website.