Labor
Unions hit Romney on equal pay
June 5, 2012A Republican minority in the Senate blocked a vote today on equal pay for women after unions and their allies challenged Romney to back the legislation.
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Texas primary election teaches lessons
June 4, 2012Tthe Republican-dominated Statehouse redistricted Texas so that, in spite of a gigantic population gain by Democratic-leaning Latinos, Republicans could be sure of taking three of the new congressional seats.
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Occupy generation learns from labor history
June 1, 2012The success or failure of the American labor movement in the 21st century will be the work of the young.
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United Farm Workers’ Huerta receives Medal of Freedom
May 31, 2012United Farm Workers legend Dolores Huerta is among the 13 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.
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The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
May 31, 2012Today in labor history: On May 31st 1921 the trial of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco began in Dedham Massachusetts. The trial was widely held to be unfair and both were executed. Sacco and Venzetti were...
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