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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union closed all ports on the West Coast in solidarity with a national day of protest to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist who was on death row in Pennsylvania at the time. ~ Today in Labor History

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The Nation Rallies Today for $15 and A Union
Updated On: Apr 15, 2015
Apr. 15, 2015 | WAGES, UNIONS | peoplesworld.org Strikes, marches, and rallies are happening coast to coast today in hundreds of towns and cities. What amounts to a new type of labor movement – one that unites union and non-union workers with a broad range of allies in the communities across the nation – is turning out strikers and demonstrators in city after city, demanding a new minimum wage of $15 an hour… The national Fight for $15 effort to raise the country's minimum wage began two-and-a-half years ago in New York City when 200 cooks and cashiers walked off their jobs. The movement they started has never stopped growing. Full story… (PHOTO/nationofchange.org) Additional photos at #Fightfor15
 
 
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