history
A Memorial Day massacre
May 26, 2011The film was an on-the-scene report of what historians call "The Memorial Day Massacre," filmed by Paramount Pictures as it happened in Chicago in May 1937.
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Coffee with John
May 24, 2011What a privilege it was to sip coffee with John Gilman.
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“Rebel Girl” Gurley Flynn inducted into Labor Hall of Fame
May 18, 2011"We stand on the shoulders of giants," Teamsters President James Hoffa said to hundreds of people at the induction ceremony, held at Teamsters headquarters.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn to be inducted into labor hall of fame
May 16, 2011Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, along with Victor Reuther, will be inducted into Labor's International Hall of Fame on May 17 in Washington, D.C.
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Sugar’s bittersweet history
May 11, 2011The history of sugar is a fascinating, complicated and ongoing journey that takes us through the brutal depths of slavery to the heights of resistance and abolition, to the ingenuity of invention from Hershey's milk chocolate...
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