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Ohio unions back fired teacher Carla Hale, LGBT rights
July 1, 2013Organized labor has weighed in on the side of LGBT rights in central Ohio, starting with the strong support given to discharged teacher Carla Hale.
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Sanders, citing her anti-worker stand, is sole senator vs. Pritzker
June 27, 2013Hyatt fired housekeepers, replacing them with out-of-state minimum-wage temps. Unite Here has called a boycott of Hyatt.
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What they didn’t tell you about the Twinkies comeback!
June 27, 2013The trimmed-down Hostess has a far less costly operating structure than the predecessor company, but workers are no longer unionized.
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Today in labor history: “Wobblies” founded in 1905
June 27, 2013The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the "Wobblies," was founded at a 12-day convention in Chicago, June 27, 1905.
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Philly hunger strikers fast for safe schools
June 25, 2013"This is breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every day, for eight days," said Patricia Norris as she held up her bottle of water. Norris is on a "water only" fast outside Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's regional office.
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