Labor
The cross-border farmworker rebellion
November 2, 2018"We produce what the whole society eats and drinks. So this work should be recognized and well paid. If we unite and get organized, we can achieve these things."
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Scab worker causes NYC’s Malbone subway disaster 100 years ago today
November 1, 2018One hundred years ago, on November 1, 1918, the worst subway accident in the history of New York City took place: the Malbone Street Wreck.
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How Frankenstein and Dracula created a union
October 31, 2018And Karloff wasn’t the only one who saw the worth of having a union in the workplace. Dracula star Bela Lugosi was also pro-union, and the two both actively organized actors and actresses on the sets...
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Trumka: Record labor voter mobilization emphasizes pocketbook issues
October 31, 2018It also produced a record number of unionists running for everything from city council and county commissioner to Congress and governor.
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Union leaders fault top political leaders for role in synagogue massacre
October 29, 2018"There's an increase in anti-Semitism. We all remember the images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, and the president’s moral equivalency in the face of it.
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