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Today in labor history: Mass. first state to pass minimum wage
June 4, 2014"The industry employing her is in receipt of the working energy of a human being at less than its cost, and to that extent is parasitic."
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“O” for organizing: UAW unfolds fightback program
June 4, 2014The United Auto Workers union is unfolding a fightback program at its 36th Constitutional Convention here this week.
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Americans welcome Sgt. Bergdahl home
June 4, 2014After the negotiated release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, I called an old friend who spent years as a POW in Vietnam's prison camps to ask for his response.
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Chilean deputy Camila Vallejo urges Obama to free Cuban prisoners
June 4, 2014From June 4-11, people around the world will take action on behalf of three Cuban patriots wrongfully imprisoned in the United States.
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Latest GOP scheme to kill Saturday mail delivery killed in Congress
June 4, 2014In a joint letter to lawmakers, the leaders of the nation's four postal workers' unions called the House GOP's scheme "outrageous and misguided."
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