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Battle of the Overpass: Henry Ford, the UAW, and the power of the press
September 3, 2014Henry Ford in particular was the poster child of anti-unionism in the heady days of strikes and strife, preferring profits over workers' rights.
Read moreGuatemalan children at U.S. border there because of U.S. backed genocide
August 19, 2014The arms used in this genocide were supplied to the Guatemalan military by successive U.S. administrations beginning with that of Ronald Reagan.
Read moreToday in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank
August 15, 2014On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.
Read moreTulsa park commemorates 1921 race riot
August 13, 2014Travelers should consider going to Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconcilliation Park. The park commemorates the biggest race riot and massacre of American history.
Read moreToday in labor history: Zeigfield Follies chorus girls form union
August 11, 2014It happened on August 12, 1919. The chorus girls in his Ziegfeld Follies formed their own union, the Chorus Equity Association.
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