December, 2011 - Midwest Coalition for Human Rights

(Minneapolis and Lincoln) Meatpacking remains one of the most dangerous jobs in America with one of the highest rates of injury in manufacturing. These injuries are directly related to the fast pace of work that is required by companies as they seek to maximize profits.

November 8, 2011 - The Washington Times

In Ohio, organized labor won an enormous and expected victory Tuesday with the resounding defeat of the state’s new law limiting collective bargaining.

September 1, 2011 - Midwest Coalition for Human Rights

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights and Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest have filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requesting an October hearing to address serious human rights violations suffered in meatpacking and poultry processing plants across the United States.

July 30, 2011 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online

Immigration battle lands in the heart of rural America

New Holstein - As daylight breaks, David Geiser is already in the barn of the Gold Star Dairy farm tending to more than 300 head of Holsteins on his sprawling farm.

Like his father and grandfather, Geiser has lived and worked on this farm, founded by his Polish and German immigrant ancestors, all his life. Next year the farm will celebrate its 100th anniversary.

July 8, 2011 - The Real News

June 29, 2011 - Tom Philpott, Mother Jones

As a long-time student of the meat industry, I read Ted Genoways' extraordinary article on conditions at the "head table" of a factory-scale pig-processing plant with delight. As a human being, my reaction was revulsion.

June 23, 2011 - Human Rights Watch

Domestic workers -- nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers -- are some of the most exploited workers in the world. But a new international treaty has been adopted to help protect them, thanks in part to 10 years of Human Rights Watch research and advocacy. The treaty is the first of its kind.

June 17, 2011 - Voces de la Frontera

June 15, 2011 - Reuters

Unions representing public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday to block the state's new curbs on collective bargaining, which were upheld by the state's Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, claims the controversial measure is unconstitutional because it creates two classes of public workers in the state -- those covered by the new rules and those exempt from them.