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As machinists members across the country brace for the potential impact of sequestration budget cuts, the U.S. Army becomes the latest branch of government to express frustration!
Read moreFebruary is Black History Month. A time to celebrate African Americans who in many cases changed the world with their contributions. Labor leaders of today are still working to do the same.
Read moreBusiness leaders, research scientists and health policy advocates came together in Washington to oppose government sequestration! If congress can’t cut a budget deal by March 1st, sequestration would start, meaning millions of layoffs could occur in sectors such as defense contracting and healthcare.
Read moreAuthor and journalist Peter Dreier has created a list of the 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century, a broad spectrum of people who moved what were once thought of as radical ideas into the mainstream. The biographies include organizers, activists, progressives, artists and athletes, all of whom fought for social justice.
Read moreWhether it was Dr. Martin Luther King or Jesse Jackson, history has highlighted the contributions of men during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. But women played a prominent role as well, including members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC. Four of them shared their historical experiences with labor leaders at the 2013 AFL-CIO
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