Labor
Another Bangladesh factory collapse: Hundreds of casualties
April 24, 2013Officials said they expected the death toll to rise.
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Today in labor history: Irish launch “Easter Rising”
April 24, 2013The Irish Republican Brotherhood launched the "Easter Rebellion," an armed uprising against oppressive British rule.
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Mexican union leader: Corruption stripping workers of their dignity
April 24, 2013The president of Mexico's National Union of Miners, Metalworkers and Steelworkers, known as Los Mineros, reveals the government and business rot in detail.
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Today in labor history: Cesar Chavez died
April 23, 2013Cesar Chavez was the founder and leader of the United Farm Workers union. The UFW achieved the nation's first industry-wide farm labor contracts.
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Today in labor history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2013The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
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