Labor
Grad student union reaches agreement with UIC
April 7, 2010Graduate students at the University of Illinois win a contract agreement they have been fighting for since August 2009.
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For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920
April 6, 2010As a memorial for the 25 miners who lost their lives this past week in Montcoal, W. Va., at the Massey Energy mine, this poem says more than 100 articles.
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Arkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 6, 2010The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
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Retirees jump-start convention
April 6, 2010The Alliance for Retired Americans rocked their first plenary session with appearances by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler, Labor Department Secretary Hilda Solis and others.
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Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week
April 6, 2010ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25...
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