Labor
AFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities
August 17, 2015Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.
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Here’s why the Nurses Union endorsed Bernie Sanders over Clinton
August 17, 2015Sanders knows his campaign is not about him; it's about all of us, and it will take all of us to change the course of history. It's time to start now.
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Today in history: Social Security celebrates 80th birthday
August 14, 2015On this date 80 years ago, in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt deepened and expanded the New Deal by signing into law the Social Security Act.
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Combating institutionalized racism can’t wait
August 11, 2015We are resolved to take clear action to combat racism, in our own house of labor, and in the broader community; there is no time to waste.
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Today in labor history: NYC subway workers show their muscle
August 10, 2015Eighty years ago, TWU president Mike Quill and his union colleagues were jumped by thugs as they made their way to union headquarters.
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