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Trump/Pence sell out Indiana Carrier workers
December 2, 2016The deal is a public relations victory for Trump and Pence at the expense of the Indiana workers who they sold out.
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Frank Rosen, labor leader and political activist
December 1, 2016Frank took part in many of the seminal moments in Chicago history, from fighting to defend civil liberties in the McCarthy era, to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, to electing Harold Washington as mayor,...
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Corporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension
December 1, 2016A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.
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Remembering Shirley Chisholm
November 30, 2016According to Chisholm: “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
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Teachers, civil rights groups call on Trump to denounce hate, bigotry
November 30, 2016At a Nov. 29 media conference, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it documented 867 bias-related incidents in the 10 days following Election Day.
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