Labor
Fast food workers protest wage theft
March 19, 2014Elected officials, clergy, community, and union members joined in a spirited protest outside the McDonalds in this city's Fair Haven neighborhood Mar. 18.
Read moreTony Benn: British labor giant dies
March 17, 2014Tony leaves behind the books and wonderful diaries he wrote and the enormous admiration and the friendship of millions of people.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Betty Allen, steel town to opera, is born
March 17, 2014Growing up in a working class community, Elizabeth Louise (Betty Lou) Allen heard opera on the streets, from neighbors' radios.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died
March 13, 2014Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer leader of the cause of woman suffrage, and worked tirelessly her whole life for what she considered to be the best interests of womankind.
Read moreNew England governors backing Obama’s call for minimum wage hike
March 13, 2014The president received ovation after ovation as he called for raising the minimum wage, with the greatest cheers coming when he described the increase as "common sense."
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