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Tentative pacts avert Metropolitan Opera lockout scheme
August 21, 2014The tentative agreement includes mandatory cost reductions from management and an independent monitor to track budget performance.
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Among his many triumphs, Robin Williams stood with striking writers
August 14, 2014Shock at the death of Robin Williams led me to search peoplesworld.org to see what we had written about him since 2002. What I found surprised me.
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Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen’s strike
August 12, 2014On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
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Changing the balance of power between Capital and Labor
July 21, 2014The private appropriation of socially produced wealth is capitalism's central mechanism.
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Metropolitan Opera unions say they are being forced to strike
July 18, 2014Deep salary cut demands, which its unions say are unjustified, and a company threat to close down are combining to force members of the 16 unions to plan to strike, if necessary.
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