Rick Nagin
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rick Nagin
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Opinion
The Second Amendment Is a dangerous anachronism
January 9, 2013Three days after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., I was astonished to read a hard-hitting editorial in the Plain Dealer that ended with the following.
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Labor
NLRB overturns union-busting policy
December 28, 2012In a landmark decision the National Labor Relations Board threw out a 50-year precedent and took away a powerful weapon employers have had.
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U.S.
Pickets protest Murray Energy layoffs
December 18, 2012Activists picketed the corporate headquarters of Murray Energy in this Cleveland suburb Dec. 17 protesting the anti-labor and right-wing policies of company owner Robert E. Murray.
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Labor
Union fights to save Cleveland paper
December 14, 2012The Newspaper Guild Local 1 is conducting a spirited campaign to Save The Plain Dealer, the city's only daily newspaper.
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Opinion
George Edwards hailed at Steelworker memorial
November 21, 2012The fourth floor meeting room of the United Steelworkers national headquarters rang out as nearly 200 gathered to pay tribute and celebrate the life of George Edwards.
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Opinion
A hectic and happy Election Day in Ohio
November 14, 2012We were both exhausteded but buoyed by the growing excitement and the sense evident on everyone's face that the long awaited victory was at hand.
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U.S.
Ohio GOP’s early vote suppression drive defeated
October 16, 2012Ohioans applaud the Supreme Court order that, in effect, upholds the decision that a ban on early voting in the last three days before the Nov. 6 election was unconstitutional.
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U.S.
Record numbers vote early in Cleveland
October 10, 2012Despite continued GOP efforts to suppress early voting, record numbers voted at the Board of Elections here as registration for the critical Nov. 6 election ended Tuesday.
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