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AFGE says military overspending led to unpaid furloughs
December 19, 2014"DoD spending on service contracts is closing in on $200 billion annually; already, it is more than double the cost of the Department's entire civilian workforce."
Read moreHelp make an IBEW striker smile for the holidays!
December 18, 2014The union workers of FairPoint believe in serving their customers, not kowtowing to the company's greedy Wall Street owners.
Read moreNew UAW president out to end inequality
December 16, 2014In a Q and A with journalists from Detroit and across the country, addressing "inequality" in the workplace and community was a common thread.
Read moreUnity worth the effort at world Communist meeting
December 15, 2014The 16th Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties was hosted with elegant patience by the Communist Party of Ecuador.
Read moreThe right’s working class philosopher
December 15, 2014Nicknamed the "longshoreman philosopher," Eric Hoffer was the best-known working-class author and intellectual in postwar America.
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