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Why A National Monument To A Union-Busting Robber Baron? By: Jim Hightower

" The Only Way That Pullman National Monument Can Have Any Legitimacy Is For The Grounds To Be Strewn With Sculptures Of The 30 Dead Workers He Killed.” By: Jim Hightower

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THE PARABLE OF PULLMAN - THE PULLMAN STRIKE 1884

Pullman Became The Storm Center For One Of The Classic Labor Struggles In American Social History. Labor Day Was Designated A Federal Holiday Shortly After The Pullman Strike

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Celebrate Labor Day In Pullman National Monument

Celebrate Labor Day In Pullman National Monument. At 12:30 You Can Ride a Trolley Car And Learn More About The History Of The Town And Workers Of Pullman. Space Is Limited.

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RIP Mollie Lieber West Member/Retiree Chicago Typographical Union No. 16

RIP Mollie West - As A Teenager, Mollie Experienced A Baptism Under Fire During The Citywide Demonstration In Support Of Republic Steel Strikers, As Ten Died On Memorial Day 1937.

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Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Continued) July 20, 2015 matloff

Readers May Have Heard of Virgil Bierschwale, A Veteran Programmer Who Has long Been Out Of Work. He Believes Congress Has Stacked The Deck Against People Like Him.

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The Obama Administration Is Either Preparing For Action On H-1B "Abuse" Or It Will Punt To Congress - By Patrick Thibodeau

The Replacement Of U.S. Workers By H-1B Visa Holders Is Troubling And Not Supposed To Happen. But It Is Hard To Tell Whether The Obama Administration Will Do Anything About It.

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Illinois AFL-CIO Weekly Legislative Update July 17, 2015

Illinois AFL-CIO Weekly Legislative Update July 17, 2015

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Fury Rises at Disney Over Use of Foreign Workers

A Restructuring and H-1B Use Affect The Magic Kingdom’s IT Operations By: Patrick Thibodeau Apr 29, 2015 2:59 AM PT

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More on SCE and Related Topics April 30, 2015 matloff

Obama people seem oblivious to the growing perception that the Democrats are ceding their role as the pro-labor party to Republicans. Odd world we live in.

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Storming The Corporate Castle: Does Shareholder Activism Work?

Shareholder activism has sparked major wins for progressives, but the strategy has also spurred debate. BY: THEO ANDERSON

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