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Today in labor history … no more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis
August 9, 2012The United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan today Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.
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New rights pact signed as Colombia hunger strike continues
August 9, 2012The Labor Department, Colombia and the ILO signed another agreement to protect workers' rights, even as a hunger strike by Colombian workers continued.
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Steelworkers push for jobs plank in Dem platform
August 9, 2012A program to revitalize U.S. manufacturing should be put into the Democratic Party platform this fall, two Steelworker activists told the party's platform committee.
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Labor launching America’s Second Bill of Rights
August 8, 2012After years of defending itself against wave after wave of attacks, the labor movement seems to be mounting a full scale counter-offensive this summer.
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Christian “charity” really slumlords
August 8, 2012Reverend Hamlet and Global Ministries Fellowship PAC are not running a charity.
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