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Today in labor history: Official claims “Robin Hood” was communist plot
November 13, 2014The episode seems silly in retrospect. What was not so silly, however, was the political repression Communists faced.
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Walmart workers begin first in-store sitdown strike in company history
November 13, 2014"I'm sitting down on strike today to protest Walmart's illegal fear tactics and to send a message to management and the Waltons that they can't continue to silence us!"
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Louise Koszalka dies at 100
November 12, 2014Louise (Jones) Ferragut Koszalka, May 12, 1914, to Oct. 31, 2014, passed away peacefully at home with her family.
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Veterans Day sonnet: “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
November 10, 2014What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
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Today in labor history: Socialist denied seat in Congress
November 10, 2014On this day in 1919 Victor Berger, the first socialist elected to the U.S. Congress was denied his seat.
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