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Today in Labor History: The Alliance for Labor Action forms
July 24, 2014This national trade union center organized unorganized workers and pursued progressive political and social projects.
Read moreSteel workers campaign to bring outsourced jobs home
July 24, 2014"It makes no sense that manufacturing workers and taxpayers are still being asked to subsidize the cost of shipping our jobs overseas with a tax loophole that should be eliminated."
Read moreLetter carriers: U.S. mail not for sale!
July 24, 2014Letter carriers are concerned about the privatization threat and the threat to eliminate Saturday delivery, and about attempts to end door to door delivery service altogether.
Read moreChicagoans take to the streets against school cuts
July 23, 2014The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.
Read morePostal workers and supporters rally to save the mail
July 23, 2014Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied
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