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South Africa: miners’ killing marked with call for unity
August 19, 2015President Jacob Zuma called on South Africans to remember the 44 people killed at the Marikana platinum mine.
Read moreFirst female U.S. train engineer inducted into N.D. Railroad Hall of Fame
August 19, 2015Thirty-nine years ago, Ramona Dockter became the first female freight train engineer.
Read moreToday in labor history: Hormel meatpackers launch historic 1985 strike
August 17, 2015The strike became a bitter conflict that galvanized workers' support from around the country and internationally.
Read moreAFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities
August 17, 2015Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.
Read moreToday in history: Social Security celebrates 80th birthday
August 14, 2015On this date 80 years ago, in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt deepened and expanded the New Deal by signing into law the Social Security Act.
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