Rick Nagin
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rick Nagin
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Labor
“Workers of the world stuck together” and won at Hugo Boss
April 23, 2010Hugo Boss workers fought, and won: "We did it! We have our jobs!"
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Labor
Emotions high as Cleveland lays off teachers, school staff
April 22, 2010CLEVELAND - Another land mine left by Wall Street's assault on American communities exploded here Tuesday night when the school board voted to lay off nearly 10 percent of its employees.
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U.S.
75 years later, WPA is sorely needed again
April 16, 2010The Works Progress Administration - the largest federal jobs program in U.S. history - built LaGuardia Airport, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Orange Bowl and much more, and got our economy moving again.
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Labor
Hugo Boss workers keep fight for jobs alive
April 8, 2010The workers at Hugo Boss deserve our support, urges Rep. Dennis Kucinich and others at a solidarity rally in Brooklyn, Ohio.
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Labor
Jobs With Justice scores wage theft victory over InkStop lockout
March 31, 2010It takes a fight to win and Cleveland Jobs With Justice is celebrating its role in a massive repayment of stolen wages in a settlement that has labor lawyers shaking their heads.
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Opinion
Racial profiling of Muslims continues charges speaker
March 29, 2010Racial and religious profiling and assaults on constitutional freedoms enacted by the Bush Administration have continued unabated.
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Labor
Workers battling plant shutdown get boost from Danny Glover
March 25, 2010BROOKLYN, Ohio - The fight to stop Hugo Boss from closing its men's suit plant here got a big boost Tuesday from actor and social activist Danny Glover.
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U.S.
Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands
March 24, 2010The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.
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