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There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.
~ Walter Reuther, 20th-Century labor leader |
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In 2009 Wall Street bounced back, but Main Street got stiffed
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Updated On: Dec 29, 2009 (12:22:00)
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 Over a year after Congress hashed out a bill to bailout banks after the financial crisis hit Wall Street, Wall Street is back and the the five largest remaining banks are now "larger, their executives and traders richer, their strategies of placing large bets with other people's money no less bold than before the meltdown." But what about us working folks? Read former Labor Secretary Robert Reich at Huffington Post ...
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ON THIS DAY IN 1897:
Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak miners are gunned down—19 dead, more than 50 wounded—by the Lattimer Mine's sheriff deputies in Hazelton, Pa. Most were shot in the back. The miners were marching peacefully and without weapons for collective bargaining and civil liberty.
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