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NEA’s Eskelsen-García promises tougher line on public school critics
July 10, 2014"No commercial, mass-produced, industrial-strength standardized factory test should ever be used as the determining factor for any student or adult."
Read moreLabor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants
July 10, 2014The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.
Read moreBritain: Biggest walkout in a generation
July 10, 2014Workers from many walks of life will join picket lines a day after Tories threatened to impose new anti-union laws if they win the next election.
Read moreToday in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor born
July 8, 2014Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions
Read moreHarris v. Quinn raises stakes for 2016 presidential election
July 7, 2014The Supreme Court's latest assault on the Labor Movement - Harris vs. Quinn - shows how essential it is for Democrats to win the White House in 2016.
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