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Today in Labor History: Greed and the Pemberton Mill disaster
January 10, 2013In the worst industrial disaster in Mass. state history, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence collapsed on January 10, 1860, trapping 900 workers, most of them recent immigrants, many women and children
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Romney crowd calls outsourced Sensata workers “communists”
October 18, 2012What happens when you try to get Mitt Romney's attention at a campaign rally? The Republican's jeering tea party supporters call you communists.
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Caterpillar capitalism triumphs
August 30, 2012Machinists at Caterpillar voted to accept the company's contract offer, which included the same give backs as the one they rejected some four months ago.
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Strikers blast Caterpillar greed, reject concessions
May 14, 2012Unabashed corporate greed, is how striking workers are describing Caterpillar's efforts to slash wages and benefits while eliminating pensions and seniority rights at their plant here.
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The rising medical debt crisis
May 1, 2012Hundreds of thousands of laid off and discharged workers have lost their health insurance as a result of the current depression, resulting in an alarming jump in the amount of medical debt.
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