Labor
Steelworkers’ 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.
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Today 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.
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Today 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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NLRB OKs rules to streamline union election procedures
February 7, 2014Union leaders welcomed the NLRB's proposals. The right wing House GOP and the National Retail Federation screamed.
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Biden blasts “right-to-work”
February 6, 2014Business and right wing backers of so-called "right to work" laws really want "the right for them to eliminate your right to have a say in your work."
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