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Unions: The folks who brought you summer vacations!
August 14, 2012These avid outdoors folk speak about the importance of their union job, which allows them the financial resources and the vacation time to go hunting and fishing.
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Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2012On this day in1935 FDR signed the first Social Security Act into law. In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank...
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Catholic Church not practicing what it preaches on labor rights
August 14, 2012Despite the church's pro-union doctrines, embraced in Catholic Social Thought for more than 120 years, those leaders often act just like corporate executives when it comes to labor relations.
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45,000 workers march in support of Second Bill of Rights
August 13, 2012The 45,000 workers and their allies came to hear labor leaders, community activists, and elected officials voice their frustration with politicians' failure to address the needs of working people.
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Unions on Romney’s VP choice: Wrong for America
August 13, 2012"As CEO of Bain Capital, Romney made his fortune by hollowing out the dreams of ordinary American workers. The Romney-Ryan budget would wreak the same kind of economic damage on households nationwide."
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