Labor
Top union leader describes GOP presidential hopefuls as money-grubbing
July 29, 2015"Americans deserve better than mean-spirited, self-serving politicians."
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Today in labor history: Fast-food workers strike for $15 in seven U.S. cities
July 29, 2015Fast food workers walked off their jobs and demonstrated in the thousands for a higher paycheck - $15 an hour.
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Presidential candidates knocking at labor’s door this week
July 29, 2015The AFL-CIO hopes to lay out a strategy to unite workers across the country behind its Raising Wages Agenda and behind a broad program of progressive action.
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Today in labor history: Brewery workers unite!
July 22, 2015On this date in 1886, brewery workers in San Francisco declared a historic victory against the brewery owners.
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Today in history: Ernest Hemingway is born
July 21, 2015Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was one of America's most popular authors.
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