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Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
August 14, 2014"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
Read moreSeries exposing conspiracy to deny black lung benefits wins award
August 13, 2014A coal industry conspiracy to deny black lung benefits to tens of thousands of coal miners has won the Heywood Broun Award from The Newspaper Guild.
Read moreAn interview with USSA’s Maxwell Love
August 12, 2014According to Love, students need to build "relationships with unions - on and off campuses, to build bridges in the community, students are workers."
Read moreToday in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen’s strike
August 12, 2014On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
Read moreAt GOP fundraiser, protesters warn “Rauner and Christie – bad for Illinois, bad for USA”
August 12, 2014Chris Christie brought checks to the fundraiser totaling $4 million, demonstrators shouted, "Illinois is not for sale."
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