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Today in labor history: Formation of Alliance for Labor Action
July 24, 2012On this day, the United Autoworkers and the Teamsters formed the national trade union center, Alliance for Labor Action.
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Michigan’s John Conyers: Tireless champion for jobs and voting rights
July 24, 2012What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.
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Today in labor history: Turning point in Homestead strike
July 23, 2012On July 23, 1892 Alexander Berkman took a shot at and stabbed Henry Clay Frick, the steel magnate. Intending to kill Frick he also had a bomb that, had it gone off, would have killed both...
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Today in labor history: Anarchist fails to kill steel magnate
July 23, 2012Alexander Berkman took a shot at and stabbed but failed to kill Henry Clay Frick, the steel magnate.
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Today in history: First women’s rights convention
July 19, 2012On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention began.
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