Labor
Nationwide, workers lead local movements to raise wages
March 19, 2014Working families across the country have been leading movements to raise wages at the state and local level.
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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.
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Tony 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.
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Today 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.
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Today 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.
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