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Today in labor history: Daniel Defoe pilloried for defending dissent
July 31, 2013Legend has it that Defoe's poem struck such a chord with the public that they threw flowers and drank to his health.
Read moreToday in labor history: United Farm Workers sign contract with Calif. grape industry
July 29, 2013The contract covered 10,000 workers and provided seniority, hiring, and a medical plan.
Read moreToday in labor history: Farrell Dobbs born
July 25, 2013Dobbs first became a pro-labor activist after witnessing the plight of workers during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Read moreToday in labor history: Emma Lazarus born in 1849
July 22, 2013Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote "The New Colossus," was born July 22, 1849.
Read moreToday in labor history: Soldiers flee striking Pittsburgh workers
July 19, 2013On this day in 1877 during the Great Railroad strike, workers in Pittsburgh forced soldiers sent to quell the job action to flee the city.
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