Labor
Danny Glover speaks out for Nissan workers in Mississippi
November 28, 2012Workers at the Nissan Plant in Mississippi are still fighting for the same rights Nissan workers in Japan have received for many years.
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Today in labor history: Photo engravers go on strike
November 28, 2012During this time, 20,000 other newspaper workers represented by other unions refused to cross the photo engravers' picket lines.
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Today in labor history: Workers perform “Pins and Needles” on Broadway
November 27, 2012Nov. 27, 1937, the pro-labor musical revue, "Pins & Needles," opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members.
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Today in labor history: Fire kills 25 women workers in Newark
November 26, 2012On this day in 1910 almost two dozen women employed by the Wolf Muslin Undergarment Company of Newark New Jersey died after the building caught fire. Six were burned to death and 19 died from jumping...
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NHL lockout is major labor struggle
November 26, 2012This is the fourth sports lockout within the last two years. It is the third lockout and fourth labor stoppage for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
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