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Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
June 25, 2012Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
Read moreTexas janitors on strike
June 25, 2012Many of the janitors employed by big corporations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Penzoil, Centerpoint Energy, and Reliant, do not make enough to provide food for their families.
Read moreJune 20: American Railway Union is founded in Chicago
June 19, 2012It was the largest labor union of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States.
Read moreCongress Hotel strikers on 9th anniversary: “We’re not going anyplace”
June 18, 2012"We're not going anyplace, we're still here and we're going to be loud and proud at our protests!"
Read moreJune 19: workers, families occupy Akron, Youngstown, and Hawaii
June 18, 2012Today in labor history ... an Occupy trio: 1934 first sit-down strike, 1937 Women's Day Massacre and 1953 four-day general strike in Hawaii.
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