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Today in labor history: 20,000 GE workers strike over health care
January 14, 2013On Jan. 14, 2003, nearly 20,000 General Electric workers went out on strike at 48 plants in 33 states.
Read more“Look beneath the shine,” say Nissan workers
January 14, 2013The Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan held a press conference to emphasize how the auto giant is unfairly treating its 3,300 workers at its Canton, Mississippi plant.
Read moreWisconsin dairy workers lose their livelihoods
January 14, 2013Wisconsin is the state known as 'America's Dairyland', but this month it ran out of milk.
Read moreLabor Secretary Solis resigns, Trumka lauds her service
January 10, 2013Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who repeatedly declared herself "the new sheriff in town" on behalf of workers the last four years, resigned her position on Jan. 9.
Read moreThe mailman learns from Bob Moore the whole grain guy
January 7, 2013I did not start my career as a letter carrier until I was 41 years old. Before that, I spent the majority of my working life as a self-employed small businessman.
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