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GOP Anchorage mayor calls union dues slavery

May 29, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Proving that stupid political statements are not confined to the "Lower 48" of the nation's 50 states, the Republican mayor of Anchorage called union dues "slavery."

Today in labor history: Rochester general strike

May 28, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On May 28, 1946, more than 30,000 workers in Rochester, N.Y., staged a successful one-day general strike.

Today in labor history: Tule Lake internment camp opens

May 27, 2014 By Combined Sources

Tule Lake was the largest and most conflict-ridden of the ten War Relocation Authority camps used to carry out the government's system of exclusion and detention of persons of Japanese descent.

Today in labor history: Steel Workers Organizing Committee dissolved

May 22, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1942, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) was disbanded and replaced by the United Steel Workers of America (USWA).

AFGE: Veterans Affairs Dept. problems include retaliating vs. whistleblowers

May 22, 2014 By PAI

"When they have sounded the alarm our members faced retaliation and intimidation. No one should have to choose between keeping their job and speaking out about threats to patient care."