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Trumka: AFL-CIO to undergo wide-scale revamp
February 28, 2013The revamp will meet the conditions of changing workplaces, extend labor's reach, and shift its emphasis within the federation to more inter-union and regional cooperation.
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Black history exhibit features Maryland protests of 1940s-50s
February 27, 2013Struggles against segregation and for militant trade unionism in Maryland were the subject of a Feb. 23 Black History Month program sponsored by the Baltimore Marxist Labor Forum.
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The war in Newark, 1967
February 27, 2013I sat for two hours copying word for word the reports of the gunshot wounds that ultimately killed 26 people in Newark. Most of them died from gunshot wounds in the back.
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The Congressional crisis calendar countdown
February 27, 2013For two years, we have had continual crises with debt ceilings, budget resolutions, and really big scary numbers.
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Labor mobilizes to save Voting Rights Act
February 27, 2013Voting rights were high on the agenda of the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting February 27 as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to Section 5 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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