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Connecticut unions reach out to all workers
October 3, 2013The convention's clear agenda was to organize the unorganized and stand up for the rights and needs of all working people.
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Government shutdown a corporate lockout of the people
October 3, 2013The government crisis takes place as we near the start of the sixth year of economic depression; only the wealthiest one-tenth of one percent have fully recovered.
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Supreme Court postpones top labor case involving NLRB rulings
October 2, 2013McCutcheon is scheduled for Oct. 8, but the court may not be in session because Congress has not approved money bills to keep the government going.
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Today in labor history: Black farmers meet to unionize, are attacked
September 30, 2013Arkansas Gov. Charles Hillman Bough sent 100 U.S. troops to the area, where they exchanged gunfire with the farmers.
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University workers call off strike
September 30, 2013In a startling last-minute reversal yesterday, workers at several Oregon universities called off a strike set to begin on Monday.
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