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Corporate crime and steelworkers
August 2, 2002Back in the roaring 1960s, Bob Dylan moved from the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota to New York City. In those days the Mesabi Range was the home of thousands of United Steelworkers of America...
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The post-bubble economy: A better world
August 2, 2002Across the country, it is finally sinking in. There really was a bubble in the stock market, and it has now burst. This is not like Tiger Woods having a bad day at the British Open....
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Too young to die, we want pensions!
August 2, 2002PITTSBURGH – For steelworkers, 1949 was the year their union struck for pensions and health care. The strike shut down the entire metal-working industry, including aluminum and can. Over half a million members of the United...
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Days of infamy in the nuclear age
August 2, 2002Commentary There are a number of dates that live in historical infamy, like Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001. Two other such dates are August 6 and 9, 1945. These were the days when the...
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Labor draws the line at Stanley Works
August 2, 2002NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – There was a time when just about every family in New Britain had someone working at Stanley Works. Now, New Britain, once known as the machine tool capital of the world, is...
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