Potential railroad strike could ‘shut it down’

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, once a building trades union leader, has threatened the 12 unions that represent freight rail workers. Walsh said “failing new negotiated agreements, Congress would have to impose a contract on the unions as a way to keep union members on the job,” according to . . .

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Rhode Island activists demand local job funding

Providence, Rhode Island Oct. 19 — “Organize! Mobilize! Fightback!” The sound of the tenor drumbeat reverberated up the sweeping staircase and into the corridors of Providence City Hall as the voices of 40 community activists aligned and ascended towards the Mayor’s office. They then held a press conference and speak-out . . .

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Amenazas en semana electoral; parte de una larga y sangrienta historia

Esto es lo que está ocurriendo en el período previo a las elecciones “democráticas” de mitad de período. Noche electoral, condado de Lowndes, Alabama, 8 de noviembre de 1966. Cada pocos minutos, durante los partidos de béisbol de la Serie Mundial, se emitieron anuncios de odio contra los inmigrantes, las . . .

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