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Laundry strike: Everybody goes out
April 6, 2007A front-page photograph in the Oct. 26, 1936, edition of the Daily News captured the defiant, young face of Jessie Taft as she stood chained to the balcony of a New York City hotel.
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Transport workers: Enough is enough
April 6, 2007“Enough is enough!” is the message the Transportation Trades Department of the Machinists union wants to get across to the White House and Congress next month. A Capitol Hill rally, set for noon on May 17,...
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SEIU kicks off three cities, one future campaign
April 6, 2007INDIANAPOLIS — On a balmy Midwest afternoon, members of Service Employees International Union Local 3, along with Unite Here workers, community activists and religious leaders, rallied for workers’ rights here March 15. Under the slogan “Rebuilding...
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Autoworkers not ready to make nice
April 6, 2007DETROIT — As the United Auto Workers’ two-day special convention on bargaining came to a close, music filled the hall. It seemed to send a message to GM, Ford and Chrysler that that the union isn’t...
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Go where the money is: tax the rich
April 6, 2007It is no surprise to working families that the rich are getting richer and richer while the rest of us are using our credit card to buy groceries. The numbers, though, are a little stunning. The...
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