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Unionists storm Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers vs. fast-track
March 5, 2015Several hundred unionists fanned out over Capitol Hill on Mar. 4 to lobby lawmakers to vote against so-called "fast-track" trade promotion authority.
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Activists conduct peaceful disobedience to aid formerly incarcerated
March 5, 2015The Labor Council's statement called incarceration "a labor issue," and urged Alameda County to "be a leader and a model in California"
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Today in women’s history: Rosa Luxemburg born in 1871
March 5, 2015Rosa Luxemburg, born on March 5, 1871, in Zamość, Poland, was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent.
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“Shadows of Liberty”: Corporations rule information sources, says documentary
March 5, 2015KNON radio presented the documentary film "Shadows of Liberty" and a lively panel discussion at the historic Texas Theater on Mar. 2.
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Organizers say it’s possible to grow unions in the South
March 5, 2015People remember Norma Rae, whose iconic struggle to organize a union at J.P. Stevens in the 1970's in Roanoke, N.C. was the stuff of a major Hollywood movie.
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