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Today in labor history: Workers killed in Minneapolis General Strike
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Today in history: First women’s rights convention
July 19, 2012On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention began.
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Today in history: Nelson Mandela’s birthday
July 18, 2012Mandela was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against racist apartheid, and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards world peace
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Today in labor history: Steel Workers founded in Pittsburgh
July 17, 2012Within a year of its inception, over 125,000 people had joined the union.
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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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Union-friendly investor defends pension plans
July 16, 2012The point of all the initiatives is the same: Finding areas that can make money for investing unions and investing union pension plans - and put union members to work.
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Today in labor history: Rally in support of Charleston Five
July 9, 2012On this day in history in 2001, 5,000 demonstrators rallied in support of the Charleston Five.
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Today in labor history: Homestead strikers battle Pinkerton thugs
July 6, 2012On July 6, 1892, under the cover of darkness, two barges, loaded with armed Pinkerton thugs hired by the Carnegie Steel Co., landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River.
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