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Today in labor history: air conditioning patented by black inventor
July 12, 2012Today in 1949 African American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones submitted 3 patents: for an automatic refrigeration system for trucks; the starter generator; and a generator for cooling gas engines - and hence air conditioning was born!...
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New comic to dish the dirt on ocean pollution
July 11, 2012The Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of the Pacific Ocean filled with tons of plastic trash, which has increased exponentially.
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Ship products not jobs, say Detroiters
July 11, 2012The still active Detroit Port on the Detroit River is where union members and city residents rallied yesterday.
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Houston janitors’ strike may spread to other cities
July 11, 2012Janitors all over this town, most of whom earn less than $9,000 per year, walked off their jobs yesterday in a strike.
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Today in labor history: MLK honored by Carter
July 11, 2012Martin Luther King Jr. was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
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