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Labor movement in for a major makeover
July 29, 2013The labor movement, aiming to reverse decades of decline suffered under relentless attacks by the corporate-funded right wing, is headed for a major makeover.
Read moreSurvey: Majority backs public schools over alternatives
July 29, 2013The U.S. public still strongly supports public schools and wants to improve them - and is willing to pay to do so.
Read moreLetter Carriers: Even Dem plans for postal “reform” fall short
July 29, 2013The latest Republican version of "reform" of the red-ink-ridden U.S. Postal Service is unacceptable.
Read moreUnions scramble to aid victims in Detroit bankruptcy filing
July 26, 2013WASHINGTON - Union leaders, both in Detroit and nationally, blasted the decision of Detroit's state-appointed financial czar to file for bankruptcy for the 750,000-person Motor City, even as they scrambled to try to help their members...
Read moreToday in labor history: Farrell Dobbs born
July 25, 2013Dobbs first became a pro-labor activist after witnessing the plight of workers during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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