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Today in labor history: The CIO is created in 1935
November 9, 2016The creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was announced 80 years ago on this day, Nov. 9, 1935, by eight international unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
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Trump has won the presidency. Are we ready to fight?
November 9, 2016How can we protect our democracy and place a limit on the power Trump will wield? Our grandparents fled fascism and violence, poverty and war. They came to the United States, found their communities here —...
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Trump wins; people organize
November 9, 2016Trump used lies, fear-mongering and scapegoating to gain the support of many of the victims of anti-worker policies that enrich the already wealthy.
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“Urinetown”: Disaster capitalism as a musical
November 7, 2016NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Urinetown: The Musical is a wicked, irreverent satire with broadly drawn characters from the world of melodrama. It tells an earnest tale of love, greed, corruption and revolution set in a not...
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Historically Black college hosts white supremacist; students rise up
November 7, 2016“This is a travesty that we have to mobilize ourselves to make this man realize that he has gone against our people, our history."
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