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Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2015A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
Read moreCalifornia teachers fight to save their union and the schools
March 25, 2015Unionized California teachers are among the many categories of workers nationwide whose unions are under attack by anti-labor lawmakers.
Read moreKelley of the Treasury Employees Union to retire in August
March 25, 2015Colleen M. Kelley, the NTEU president for the last 16 years, will retire at the end of the union's convention this August.
Read moreBerger-Marks report guides working women toward greater influence in unions
March 25, 2015A new report from the Berger-Marks Foundation gives working women a "how-to" guide to establish women's committees within unions.
Read moreWorkers mobilize vs. GOP budgets’ pension, pay cut schemes
March 24, 2015Members of federal workers and postal employee unions mobilized against Republican budget schemes that would - again - cut their pay.
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