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Dark day for journalism: Sun Times “deletes” photo department
June 6, 2013Twenty-eight photojournalists were out the door in a blink; it was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture.
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House GOP defeated again on prevailing wages
June 6, 2013By a 231-192 tally, yet another House Republican move to trash workers' rights and incomes went down the drain on June 4.
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Unions say Senate must act to fill court vacancies
June 6, 2013Richard Trumka said the Senate should "move expeditiously" to approve Obama's nominees for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for DC.
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Brooklyn Cablevision dodges ruling by going after NLRB
June 5, 2013Brooklyn Cablevision workers voted to join the CWA and make it their bargaining representative. They've been in negotiations for a fair contract ever since then, with no success.
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Today in labor history: Massachusetts establishes first minimum wage
June 4, 2013Much later, in 1938, the country would get a federal minimum wage law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But this initial law was still a powerful move.
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