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  • James and Esther Jackson: shapers of history

    James and Esther Jackson: shapers of history

    December 15, 2006

    The symposium “James and Esther Jackson, the American Left and the Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement” at the Tamiment Library of New York University on Oct. 28 was an event of singular enlightenment and...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    December 15, 2006

    SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Two labor victories By an overwhelming majority, Sheraton Grand Hotel employees ratified a union contract on Dec. 5 that contains higher wages, a lower workload, a doubling of employer-paid health benefits over the life...

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  • Steelworkers launch campaign for Goodyear strikers

    Steelworkers launch campaign for Goodyear strikers

    December 15, 2006

    The United Steelworkers union has announced a massive solidarity campaign to support the 15,000 striking Goodyear workers and their families. The campaign begins with a National Day of Action Dec. 16, with 100 demonstrations in 100...

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  • Illinois hikes minimum wage, but not enough

    Illinois hikes minimum wage, but not enough

    December 15, 2006

    CHICAGO — The Illinois Legislature wasted no time heeding the national voters’ mandate, overwhelmingly passing a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage from $6.50 an hour to $7.50 effective next July. The bill, which Gov....

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  • Organize! Army of union stewards deploys for Employee Free Choice Act

    Organize! Army of union stewards deploys for Employee Free Choice Act

    December 15, 2006

    WASHINGTON — “Union power’s on the rise, now’s the time to organize!” More than 1,000 union members took up that chant as they marched to Capitol Hill, Dec. 8, still riding high from labor’s huge victory...

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