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Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike
July 16, 2012On July 16, 1934, the city of San Francisco shut down as 65,000 workers from all industries walked off the job, in response to a call by longshore workers for a general strike.
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Maine lobstermen stop work
July 16, 2012"Enough." That's what lobstermen along the Maine coast are saying in unison.
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Big British labor federation picks female leader
July 16, 2012The Trades Union Congress, Great Britain's biggest labor federation, with 6.2 million members, elected Frances O'Grady as its General Secretary, its top administrative post.
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Airport workers picket for right to organize
July 9, 2012Workers at several Oakland Airport concessions and their supporters held an informational picket outside the terminal July 6.
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Workers of the world are uniting
June 25, 2012Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.
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