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Today in labor history: Army attacks protesting veterans in D.C.
July 28, 2014On July 28, 1932, General Douglas MacArthur led troops in burning to the ground a shantytown built near the U.S. Capitol by unemployed veterans demanding a promised bonus.
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Workers and lawmakers team up to force fair scheduling at Walmart
July 22, 2014Walmart workers were on Capitol Hill telling lawmakers how the giant retailer's scheduling practices make it impossible for most of them to lead anything approaching a normal life.
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Today in labor history: Pullman strike leader murder sparks huge protest funeral
July 17, 2014During the Pullman strike, Charles Leonard, a representative of Omaha Railway murdered Charles Luth, a railroad switchman and union activist.
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Union says postal service is not really pulling out of Staples
July 16, 2014Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, said a Staples announcement this week that it was ending its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service is a ruse.
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Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike
July 16, 2014For the first time in American labor history, craft jealousies were broken down as skilled and unskilled personnel cooperated on an equal basis, and the rank-and-file was in full control of a major strike.
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Jose Antonio Vargas, immigrant rights leader, arrested by border patrol
July 15, 2014United We Dream Minority Affairs Council said Vargas was in Texas this past weekend in solidarity with unaccompanied children who cross the Texas border fleeing for their lives.
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Today in labor history: Start of the 1959 steel strike
July 15, 2014Members of the United Steelworkers of America went on strike against the major U.S. steel producers on July 15, 1959, the start of record 116-day steel industry strike.
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Teachers vow to fight anti-labor court rulings
July 14, 2014"Enough is enough. Teachers are evaluated and their future livelihoods are linked to that. And when they fall short, they should have a chance to improve."
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