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Articles about the Labor Movement
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Health care workers win strike
Workers at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia recently returned to work after a successful month-long strike. Led by the Pennsylvania…
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Important victory in legal battle against racist hiring policies in Chicago, but fight goes on
African Americans won an important Supreme Court victory in late May. They have been continuously fighting the racist hiring policies…
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Workers win unionization at notoriously anti-union Comcast
In Fairfield, New Jersey, 74 workers recently won unionization despite a vicious anti-union campaign waged by their employer, Comcast. This…
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Family service workers fight layoffs in Washington, D.C.
On May 6, the District of Columbia laid off 115 employees of the Child and Family Services Agency, which is…
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Louisville cement workers struggle for wages, health insurance
Nearly 100 truck drivers in the Louisville metropolitan area went on strike April 26 against concrete distributor Irving Materials, Inc.…
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Massey Energy denies workers time off to attend miners’ funerals
Massey Energy, the coal giant whose mine blast in mid-April cost 29 miners their lives, denied workers time off to…
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Hotel workers strike the San Francisco Hilton
UNITE HERE Local 2 held a three-day strike at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco April 7-10. Over 800 workers…
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Teachers, students and other advocates rally for public education in Washington, D.C.
On April 10, public education advocates from all over the United States gathered for a rally and march in Washington,…
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West Virginia mining disaster exposes criminality of coal boss
The recent mining disaster April 5 in West Virginia, which claimed the lives of 29 miners, was the result of…
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Postmaster general proposes huge cuts in postal services
Postmaster General John Potter recently sent a proposal to Congress for permission to end Saturday mail delivery. He claims that…
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