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Long Beach caregivers strike for safer working conditions
July 3, 2013Mental health caregivers at La Casa Mental Health Rehabilitation Center in Long Beach, California went on five-day strike last week to protest unfair labor practices.
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Today in labor history: Jobs slashed throughout U.S.
July 2, 2013The job losses occurred in nearly every sector of the economy, but manufacturing and construction businesses were hit particularly hard.
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Today in labor history: Streetcar strike births po’ boy sandwich
July 1, 2013Some 1,100 streetcar workers strike in New Orleans on July 1, 1929, spurring the creation of the po' boy sandwich.
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The labor movement is talking – is the left listening?
July 1, 2013All of us on the left who see the importance of strengthening the labor movement need to be fully engaged in this process.
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Unions call for National Infrastructure Bank
July 1, 2013Rebuilding the U.S.' decaying infrastructure to also counteract climate change will produce good middle class jobs and grow the economy.
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