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Higher state minimum wage campaign gains steam in Minnesota
October 23, 2013The drive to enact a higher state minimum wage in Minnesota has gained steam.
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Living wage or wage slavery: de Blasio vs. Lhota on the dignity of labor
October 23, 2013Joe Lhota has now come out against de Blasio's plan for a living wage to New Yorkers working at projects that are subsidized by the city.
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Report: 70 million born between 1980 and 2000 in big trouble
October 23, 2013Millennials are facing double-digit unemployment rates, low wages, mounting college costs, and crippling student-loan debt.
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Today in labor history: NAACP sends “Appeal to the World” to the UN
October 23, 2013The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
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Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Chicago public schools boycott
October 22, 2013On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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