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June 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.
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Congress 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!"
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June 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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Robert Reich is wrong about socialism
June 7, 2012The first two paragraphs of Reich's column, "The Answer Isn't Socialism; It's Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productive Revolution" are simply false.
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June 6 – Anniversary of a General Strike
June 6, 2012On June 6, 1937 more than 12,000 members of the United Auto Workers, their families and supporters living in Lansing, Michigan shut down the city. Earlier that year the workers held a successful sit-down strike at...
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