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Today in labor history: Suffragette socialist Sylvia Pankhurst dies in 1960
September 27, 2012Most people don't realize that a legendary suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, lived well into the mid-20th century.
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Today in labor history: First Model T leaves the assembly line
September 26, 2012The problems of speedup and other dangerous assembly line practices were skewered in Charlie Chaplin's classic film "Modern Times."
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Three killers and a blurry background
September 21, 2012What connection is there between a sheepishly smiling politician and the mad rage of a bloodthirsty mob bent on murder in a Baltic coast town 150 miles away?
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Today in labor history: Mother Jones leads march of miners’ children
September 21, 2012Labor organizer Mother Jones led a march of miners' children through the streets of Charleston to illustrate the effects of poverty.
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Today in Labor History: “The Jungle” published
September 20, 2012Upton Sinclair, a poor young socialist determined to do his part to make a better world, wrote his incredible book in the tarpaper shack that was his home.
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