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Single-payer health care advocates plan new campaign
January 31, 2013Some 200 union advocates of single-payer government-run national health care met in Chicago in mid-January to plan their next moves.
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Today in labor history: Gravediggers’ strike ends
January 30, 2013Nearly 1,100 burials were delayed after negotiations between the two groups broke down and workers were locked out of the association's 26 cemeteries.
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Today in labor history: Jackson uses troops vs. workers
January 28, 2013The workers were protesting not just their low pay but also the intolerable working conditions on an important canal construction project.
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Union membership declined by 398,000 in 2012
January 23, 2013The number of union members nationwide declined by 398,000 from 2011 to 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says in its latest report.
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The ugly racial history of “right to work”
January 23, 2013The victory for "right-to-work" (for less) legislation in Michigan has spurred talk of expanding efforts to pass similar laws to weaken unions in other states.
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