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With events today and throughout this week, locals across the country are honoring fallen workers and fighting for safe workplaces to mark Workers' Memorial Day.

An average of 12 workers every day died on the job in 2009, a total of 4,340 fatalities according to the AFL-CIO's annual "Death on the Job" report.

President Obama told a Cleveland TV interviewer this week that he "strongly disapproves" of the assaults in Ohio, Wisconsin and other states on workers' collective bargaining rights.

An editorial on a website for a half-dozen New Hampshire newspapers powerfully condemns so-called "Right to Work" legislation recently passed by state lawmakers, boldly saying the bill's proponents are lying about their motivations.

Building on April 4's "We Are One" message, CWA is urging locals to join with immigrant rights activists in their communities for rallies and demonstrations across the country May 1.