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Today in labor history: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10, 2013Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
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Ban Tasers in Texas schools, groups demand
December 10, 2013A deputy immobilized a Texas high school student on school grounds with a stun gun, leaving him hospitalized and in a coma. A coalition is asking to end use of "less-than-lethal weapons" in school districts statewide....
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Today in labor history: Exposé on King Leopold II bribing Senate
December 9, 2013On December 9, 1906, the New York American newspaper reported Belgian King Leopold II of Belgium bribed the U.S. Senate commission on the Congo to recommend support of his Congo Free State project .
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San Francisco labor celebrates two heroic women workers
December 6, 2013The public is invited to join the San Francisco Labor Council in celebrating two outstanding workers and mothers, Teresa Mina and Lupe Chavez, who have fought for their families and all immigrants, amazing true life stories...
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Amistad Awards inspire unity and struggle
December 6, 2013NEW HAVEN, CONN. -- From the opening video and drumming to the remarks of the awardees, songs, youth slide show and finale, an atmosphere of unity and optimism inspired the entire multi-racial audience at the 2013...
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Today in labor history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged
December 2, 2013On Dec. 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charleston, Va., for his leadership of a plot to incite slave rebellion.
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Today in labor history: Workers perform “Pins and Needles” on Broadway
November 27, 2013Today in labor history, Nov. 27, 1937, the pro-labor musical revue, "Pins & Needles," opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members.
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Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday
November 26, 2013President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.
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