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Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2014In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal."
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Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Despite police violence Ferguson community continues peaceful protests
August 14, 2014The numbers of community members, Black and white, who attended far outnumbered any who had engaged in looting the night before.
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Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
August 14, 2014"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
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Argentina takes U.S. to World Court
August 14, 2014Argentina has taken the United States to the International Court of Justice in the Hague over a U.S. federal judge's actions in a dispute about bond payments.
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