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Today in labor history: Streetcar strike births po’ boy sandwich
July 1, 2013Some 1,100 streetcar workers strike in New Orleans on July 1, 1929, spurring the creation of the po' boy sandwich.
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Today in labor history: “Wobblies” founded in 1905
June 27, 2013The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the "Wobblies," was founded at a 12-day convention in Chicago, June 27, 1905.
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Tricky Dick rides again in “Our Nixon”
June 26, 2013Our Nixon, shown at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, is a compilation film by Penny Lane about the only U.S. president who resigned and left office in disgrace.
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Today in labor history: Eugene Debs initiates boycott against Pullman railroad
June 26, 2013The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, initiated a boycott against the Pullman Palace Car Company.
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Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
June 25, 2013The Supreme Court today gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 decision. Before the ink even dried on today's landmark ruling its implications quickly became stunningly clear.
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