unions
Jazz-blues opera brings ‘Forgotten’ labor history to life
March 23, 2010In "Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant," the story of unsung labor hero Lewis Bradford, Methodist minister and union organizer, comes to life in Michigan on March 26.
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Labor mobilizes votes for health care bill
March 19, 2010The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted March 18 to support the Senate-passed health care bill, despite all its flaws.
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Women’s History Month event honors women in unions
March 19, 2010DETROIT - In Recognition of Women's History Month, the Civil Rights Committee of the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO showed the film "Norma Rae."
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The guy who delivers your mail takes a labor history tour
March 18, 2010More of us, those who labor for a living, need to understand our roots. Let me grab a beer as I take you on a field trip.
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Obama school plan has pluses but big minuses, teachers and others warn
March 17, 2010The administration's education "blueprint" discards some of the No Child Left Behind law's much-criticized features, but keeps or adds others that teachers, their unions and other public school advocates oppose.
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