Labor
Coming in October: North American Labor History Conference
September 19, 2014Started in 1979, Detroit's annual Labor History Conference has continuously brought pressing issues faced by the worldwide working class to the front of academic scholarship.
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Ohio unions gear up for November elections
September 18, 2014"I have never seen such hostility, so many non-stop attacks on working people. The greedy corporate forces won't stop unless and until we stop them."
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Today in labor history: Huge Solidarity Day march in Washington
September 18, 2014Hundreds of thousands of union members marched past the White House to protest Ronald Reagan's union-busting.
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GOP filibuster defeats paycheck fairness act, again
September 18, 2014Women's' groups calculate the median female worker loses $11,600 yearly to the discriminatory wage gap.
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Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant
September 17, 2014In 1989, 98 UMWA members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike.
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