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Today in labor history: 109 coal miners die in explosion

January 27, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The coal miners were underpaid Eastern Europeans who were told not to complain about their substandard and dangerous working conditons.

Pennsylvania unions cheer blocking of new voter ID law

January 27, 2014 By Press Associates

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is cheering a judge's ruling bouncing the state's GOP-passed "voter ID" law, but the story isn't over yet.

Low wage workers at Pentagon walk out

January 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Low-wage workers at the focus of the nation's defense machine, the Pentagon, joined the lengthening list of fed-up workers who have walked off their jobs.

Dark-money groups building campaign for “right to work” in Pa.

January 24, 2014 By Sean Kitchen

KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The never-ending push for right to work (for less) legislation in Pennsylvania is on the move again, but this time there's more of a tangible campaign targeting the conservative base.

Edward Snowden holds Twitter Q&A session

January 24, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Whistleblower Edward Snowden took questions from Twitter users on Jan. 23, tackling queries about civil liberties, whether all spying is inherently wrong, and more.