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Today in labor history: Hormel meatpackers launch historic 1985 strike
August 17, 2015The strike became a bitter conflict that galvanized workers' support from around the country and internationally.
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AFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities
August 17, 2015Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.
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Today in history: Social Security celebrates 80th birthday
August 14, 2015On this date 80 years ago, in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt deepened and expanded the New Deal by signing into law the Social Security Act.
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“The End of American Labor Unions” examines roots of anti-unionism
August 12, 2015"The End Of American Labor Unions" is a good little book, packed with insight and analysis.
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Marxist sociologists to meet in Chicago
August 12, 2015This year's theme for the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting is "Sexualities in the Social World."
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