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Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales
September 5, 2013During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.
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Today in labor history: U.S. tries to overthrow workers’ government in Russia
September 4, 2013On Sept. 4, 1918, U.S. troops landed at Archangel, in northern Russia, seeking to overthrow the new workers' government that had ousted the czar a year earlier.
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Today in labor history: Motley becomes first black woman federal judge
August 30, 2013On Aug. 30, 1966, civil rights lawyer Constance Baker Motley became the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge.
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Appeals to White House: Don’t bomb Syria
August 29, 2013In a letter dated Aug. 28, 18 human rights, peace and religious organizations appealed to President Obama to reject military intervention in Syria.
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Today in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded
August 29, 2013With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.
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Today in labor history: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28, 2013On August 28, 1963, Maryland police reported, "By 8 a.m., 100 buses an hour were streaming through the Baltimore Harbor Tunne" heading for Washington, D.C.
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In “right-to-work” state, T-Mobile workers struggle for right to work
August 23, 2013CHARLESTON, S.C. - Employees at a T-Mobile call center here say they endure a constant battle against the stress that comes from unrealistic performance standards, job insecurity and humiliation.
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Today in labor history: First African-American pilot recognized posthumously
August 23, 2013Bullard was rejected by the U.S. Army Air Service because only white pilots were allowed to serve.
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