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- May 02, 2012 S.C. voter ID law painted as larger political picture South Carolina’s law requiring voters to bring a picture ID to the polls remains in limbo. The argument: The U.S. Justice Department, which must approve changes to the state’s elections through the Voting Rights Act, has found that the law discriminated against minority voters. The Appeal: State officials disagree and have appealed. A panel of three federal judges in Washington is weighing whether the law should take effect or be struck down. Arguments are scheduled for late July, and a ruling could come by mid-September.
- May 01, 2012 United Steelworkers 16th International Civil and Human Rights Conference This conference will be used to educate, energize and mobilize our members around the upcoming 2012 elections, and one of our most precious civil and human rights – voting, and will build on our conference theme, POWER OF THE BALLOT!
- April 03, 2012 Cesar Chavez: A True American Hero I hope we can all pause and reflect on the extraordinary life of a true American hero (March 31). It’s Cesar Chavez Day, proclaimed by President Obama and observed throughout the country on the 85th birth date of the late founder of the United Farm Workers union. It’s an official state holiday in California, Texas and Colorado. “Si se puede! – it can be done!”
- March 20, 2012 How State Media Turned A Blind Eye To ALEC's Influence On The Voter ID Debate Dozens of voter ID laws have been introduced in state legislatures over the past two years, including particularly strict measures passed in seven states in 2011 -- Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin. There is widespread evidence that this surge of voter ID laws stems from model legislation crafted in 2009 by a conservative group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
- March 12, 2012 GOP War on Voting Targets Swing States On March 7, 1963, civil rights activists were brutally beaten by police in Selma, Alabama, during the infamous "Bloody Sunday" march, for advocating for the right to vote. This week, forty-seven years later, today's civil rights leaders retraced the march from Selma to Montgomery, protesting what NAACP President Ben Jealous calls "the greatest attack on voting rights since segregation."
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- February 19, 2012 ACLU of Minnesota offers $1000 to anyone who proves a case of voter fraud The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is offering $1,000 to any resident of the state that can find a case of voter fraud that would have been prevented by a voter ID law.
- February 19, 2012 Florida Seniors Speak Out Against Voter Suppression Hundreds of Florida seniors and others turned out for a rally in Tampa Friday against voter suppression. The rally was followed by a hearing inside the courthouse about the new law chaired by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin who came to investigate whether the state law denies voters their constitutional rights. Durbin is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.
- February 02, 2012 Civil Rights Advocates Meet in L.A. to Discuss Voter Suppression Laws Earlier this week, at a press briefing co-hosted by New America Media (NAM) and Common Cause, civil rights lawyers and advocates representing California’s largest ethnic communities spoke of the need to work together to ensure that 2012 elections are open and accessible, in light of a rash of state laws that they say are being deliberately designed to suppress the vote of ethnic minorities and the poor.
- February 02, 2012 Six Extreme Right Wing Attacks by ALEC in State Governments Disenfranchising American Citizens Through Voter ID In the wake of the highest general election turnout in nearly 60 years in the 2008 presidential election (particularly among university students and African-Americans), ALEC’s “voter ID” legislation has been rapidly moving in state legislatures. Shortly after the election of the nation’s first black president, “Preventing Election Fraud” was the cover story on the Inside ALEC magazine, and ALEC corporations and politicians voted for “model” voter legislation in 2009. Voter ID is a hot issue this year, in advance of the 2012 presidential election.
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- February 19, 2012 USW Civil and Human Rights Local Union Pocket Guide Coming soon!
- February 15, 2012 Harassment Policy and Procedure Harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, citizenship or sexual orientation, or toward any protected group, is a violation of Union policy, the non-discrimination provision of the collective bargaining agreement and the law.
- September 27, 2011 About Civil and Human Rights Our Union is a reflection of the diverse racial and ethnic groups comprising the societies of the United States and Canada. We are committed to working towards full equality and civil rights for the citizens of both countries and human rights throughout the world.
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