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Today in labor history: First Model T leaves the assembly line
September 26, 2012The problems of speedup and other dangerous assembly line practices were skewered in Charlie Chaplin's classic film "Modern Times."
Read moreA fight grows in Brooklyn to save SUNY Downstate
September 25, 2012Public health professionals are working to save hundreds of jobs and preserve community services here at a state university-run medical center, the fourth largest employer in the borough
Read moreKoch Brothers try to kill California unions
September 24, 2012Prop 32 would ban both unions and corporations from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes in California.
Read moreOhio labor rallies for Obama
September 18, 2012At the Ohio State AFL-CIO Convention delegates heard a continuous cascade of powerful appeals to fully mobilize labor behind the President in the all-important November election.
Read moreParents and students back Chicago teachers
September 18, 2012Hundreds of parents and students demonstrated their solidarity with striking Chicago teachers in rallies across the city Sept.18.
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