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Today in history: UFCW formed
August 8, 2012UFCW union was formed when the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America merged with the Retail Clerks International Union.
Read more“Activist New York” displays history of social movements
August 7, 2012It explores the "drama of social activism" in New York City from the 17th century up to the present.
Read moreHiroshima, Nagasaki anniversaries marked around the world
August 7, 2012In Japan and around the world, tens of thousands are marking one of the worst atrocities in modern history, the only time atomic weapons were ever used against human populations. They are vowing to never let...
Read moreToday in labor and people’s history: “Rebel Girl” born
August 7, 2012Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, legendary union organizer and later a leader of the Communist Party USA, was born Aug. 7, 1890.
Read moreToday in labor history: Remembering Florence Reece
August 3, 2012Reece will be forever known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" written in 1931 during the "Harlan County War" strike in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organizer.
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