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Today in labor history: Miners’ National Association forms
October 11, 2013It sought to unite all miners as workers in a single industrial union, regardless of skill level or ethnicity.
Read moreSupreme Court moves to aid union busters again
October 10, 2013The justices will hear a case about whether union-represented home health care workers must pay for the union's services.
Read moreGrowing college football player protest demands NCAA reforms
October 10, 2013Though many college athletes live in poverty, a protest by National Collegiate Athletic Association football players is quietly spreading across the nation.
Read moreReport: Nissan in Mississippi is violating international labor law
October 8, 2013The company is in violation of the standards on freedom of association, the report notes, because of Nissan's "aggressive interference" with workers attempting to exercise their fundamental right to organize a union.
Read moreClimate: good news, bad news, really good news
October 8, 2013People no matter where they are can find ways to link up with one or another of these struggles, movements, and organizations. And that's a good reason for our hope for the future of humanity to...
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