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Today in women’s history: National Women’s Party protests workplace discrimination
March 28, 2013On this day in 1931, governors of Florida, Virginia, New Mexico and a few other states rejected proposals from the Cotton-Textile Institute to forbid women from working factory night shifts.
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What I learned from the Immokalee workers
March 28, 2013Earlier this month I marched for three days with Florida's Immokalee farmworkers and their supporters.
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U.S. and British transport workers form alliance
March 27, 2013They have agreed to cooperate on safety issues; launch joint campaigns targeting employers in-common; and advance a strategy promoting the right of workers to organize unions and bargain.
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Arizonans fight to keep their mail coming (with video)
March 27, 2013Hundreds of passing drivers honked in solidarity with 200 postal workers and community supporters' who rallied here Sunday afternoon to "save the Postal Service."
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Rank and file longshore leader honored at memorial
March 27, 2013The South African government honored longtime International Longshore and Warehouse Union activist Leo Robinson with its Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award.
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