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Articles about the Labor Movement
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‘March to End Corporate Greed’ enlivens Occupy Los Angeles
On Oct. 19 a group of labor unions and immigrant rights groups and other community organizations held a march against…
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Workers, students stay home to protest ‘Juan Crow’ law in Alabama
Latinos across Alabama staged a “sick-out” to protest a harsh anti-immigrant law, shutting down construction sites, chicken processing plants and…
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Why are so many people out of work?
High unemployment has persisted because the U.S. economy as well as the economies of Japan and most of Europe remain…
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Victory for Tacoma teachers
In a resounding victory, 99 percent of Tacoma, Wash., teachers voted on Sept. 22 to end a 10-day strike.
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Amazon labor practices exposed
The Seattle-based company Amazon has been exposed for unsafe working conditions at a shipping plant in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
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Analysis
Five reasons we need socialism to solve unemployment
The “official” unemployment rate is essentially worthless in assessing the state of the economy. The real unemployment rate is at…
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Se necesita socialismo para solucionar el desempleo
Todos los planes propuestos por Obama y los politiqueros apenas haría una insignificante diferencia en el desempleo y sus efectos…
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‘An injury to one is indeed an injury to all’
The ANSWER Coalition stands in solidarity with the ILWU in its struggle against union-busting attacks by EGT and law enforcement…
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Hotel workers strike against Hyatt
In San Francisco, the hotel workers of UNITE HERE! held a seven day strike against Hyatt Sept. 8-14.
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Longview, Wash., longshoremen show the way
For more than a year in Washington state, union longshoremen have fought to defend their jobs from a multi-national corporation…
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