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Documenting the disaster
July 16, 2012"Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is an examination of endless heartbreak and the clinging to the slender thread of hope.
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Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike
July 16, 2012On July 16, 1934, the city of San Francisco shut down as 65,000 workers from all industries walked off the job, in response to a call by longshore workers for a general strike.
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Maine lobstermen stop work
July 16, 2012"Enough." That's what lobstermen along the Maine coast are saying in unison.
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Workers bashed in Pennsylvania
July 16, 2012In one of the most extreme cases of worker bashing to balance a budget, the mayor unilaterally cut the wages of city workers to the $7.25 hourly federal minimum.
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Why we need more – not less – government regulation
July 16, 2012One of the mantras of the radical Right in this country is that the economy and everything else would be better off if we just had less government regulation.
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