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Durazo: Labor must fight for all who work
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - In a speech to labor journalists here Sept. 6, one of the nation's most powerful union leaders made the case for building a union movement very different from the one that exists in...
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Young workers are hot topic at labor journalists meet
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - Young workers were the hot topic at a gathering of labor journalists in town to cover what many expect to be an historic AFL-CIO convention next week.
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Today in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born
September 6, 2013Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Domestic workers come out of shadows, into labor movement
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - Maria says she began working for an elderly woman, cleaning her house and preparing her meal, but the duties soon increased yet her wages didn't.
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Writers union vows support for whistleblowers
September 6, 2013CHICAGO - The National Writers Union, Local 1981 of the United Auto Workers, held its biannual Delegates Assembly here recently.
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