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Today in labor history: Huge Solidarity Day march in Washington
September 18, 2014Hundreds of thousands of union members marched past the White House to protest Ronald Reagan's union-busting.
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GOP filibuster defeats paycheck fairness act, again
September 18, 2014Women's' groups calculate the median female worker loses $11,600 yearly to the discriminatory wage gap.
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Rep. McDermott: Why I voted against sending arms to Syrian rebels
September 18, 2014"I did not arrive at this decision easily. The threat ISIS poses to the people of Iraq and Syria is a serious one. "
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Germany: The votes are in
September 18, 2014Political porcelain has been broken, raising questions on what went wrong and, to quote that old Abbott and Costello routine, "Who's on first?" for the next five years.
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Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant
September 17, 2014In 1989, 98 UMWA members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike.
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