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Today in labor history: Supreme Court used Taft-Hartley Act to break a steel strike
November 7, 2013In 1947 the 81st Congress, controlled by Republicans for the first time since 1930, overruled President Truman's veto and rammed the Taft-Hartley Law through Congress, severely limited strike activities .
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McConnell tries to make ENDA contingent on right to work for less
November 7, 2013Mitch McConnell and his BFF, Rand Paul, are trying to weaken or kill ENDA by attaching to it a provision that would have created a national "right to work" for less law.
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Detroit elects mayor in tough times; other results promising
November 7, 2013Former Detroit Medical CEO Mike Duggan is beating the city's former police chief and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon by 55 to 45 percent.
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“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” to be shown in Baltimore
November 7, 2013MICA keeps the focus on the crisis of mass incarceration in the United States with a showing Nov. 14 of the film "Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners."
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If federal jobless benefits end, nation loses 131,000 jobs
November 7, 2013If federally funded extended unemployment insurance benefits expire as scheduled at the end of 2013, the economy will lose 310,000 jobs in 2014.
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