Labor
L & M nurses and tech workers win a contract
February 12, 2014The 800 workers stood strong and with a broad array of public support forced the administration of the community hospital to end the lockout.
Read moreWorkers at Volkswagen Tenn. plant taking union recognition vote
February 12, 2014If the union wins, the victory would make VW the UAW's second plant in the Volunteer State, but its first successful organizing drive in years in the anti-union South.
Read moreSteelworkers’ president scores GOP for racist attacks on Obama
February 12, 2014Gerard ran down a range of progressive initiatives Obama has proposed during his five years in the Oval Office. Then he launched his blast at the GOP.
Read moreToday in labor history: first legal protest by slaves in New York
February 11, 2014On this date in 1644 the first "legal" protest by Africans in America occurred.
Read moreToday in black history: Leontyne Price born
February 10, 2014Her voice was "rich, supple and shining, it was in its prime capable of effortlessly soaring from a smoky mezzo to the pure soprano gold of a perfectly spun high C."
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