history
Today in labor history: The CIO is created in 1935
November 9, 2015The creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was announced 80 years ago on this day.
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Gateway Arch builders remember their accomplishment 50 years later
November 6, 2015What they built was something special, and union workers are erecting a development to revitalize the surrounding area.
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Today in history: Saudi women protest by driving cars
November 6, 2015Forty-seven women in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, drove their cars in a 14-car convoy to protest the driving ban.
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Today in history: Fellowship of Reconciliation, 100 years persevering for peace
November 5, 2015A number of events taking place in and near NYC celebrate the centennial of an organization some call "the conscience of the peace movement."
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Today in history: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzkhak Rabin assassinated
November 4, 2015The assassination of Rabin was the culmination of Israeli right-wing dissent over the Oslo peace process.
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