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Your weekly Insider update.
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Learn more about the latest concerns of Voice of America workers.
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Political violence has no place in our democracy.
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This is a busy time for AFGE activists and members. We are breaking organizing records month over month as we strive to recruit 325,000 members by next year, we have expanded our representation to cover nearly 40,000 health care workers across the Department of Defense, and we are just a month away from gathering in Las Vegas for our 43rd National Convention. We're breaking it all down in the latest edition of the Government Standard.
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This Week in Labor History
July 15, 1877: Start of the first nationwide railroad strike in history when Baltimore & Ohio firemen and brakemen walk off their jobs. Sparked by a steady deterioration of working conditions, including wage cuts of up to 45% and 18-hour workdays, the strike lasted two weeks and stopped traffic on two-thirds of the nation's 75,000 miles of track.
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