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Last Updated: Jul 22, 2014 - 8:18:07 AM |
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Life Before War in Ukraine's Donbas
Valeriya Myronenko is a Toronto-based photographer with background in advertising and graphic design. Myronenko decided to create a project that will shed light on the daily realities in eastern Ukraine, that remained obscure not only to the Western, but also to the Ukrainian media. Her discovery shows life before the Russian-backed war came in April to Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, home to 15 percent of the Ukrainian nation
Jul 22, 2014 - 8:12:55 AM
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Female Strike Participant Jumps to Death After Being Fired
On July 17 in Shenzhen, after being fired for participating in a strike, a 50-year-old female worker, Ms. Zhou, jumped out of the fourth floor of a factory building to her death. Ms. Zhou had worked at the Kuaihao (Grosby) Footwear Factory for 12 years but was fired on July 16, burdening her with great pressure.
Jul 21, 2014 - 10:54:45 AM
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Top Union Man's World Cup Junket
Samwu bigwigs live it up while comrades who ask questions about the missing millions collected from hard-working members are purged.
Jul 18, 2014 - 9:26:41 AM
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60 Years Later: On the Waterfront and Working-Class Studies
Though the bitterness against Kazan has lingered lo these many years, we in working-class studies should reclaim On the Waterfront as one of the important texts for understanding what happened to American labor in the postwar period. We do so not to redeem Kazan, but to honor the workers that he and Schulberg were trying to represent.
Jul 17, 2014 - 9:02:48 AM
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A Principle Is A Terrible Thing to Waste
Lee Saunders, President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees writes in a letter to Dr. Michael Lomax, President of the United Negro College Fund that the union is halting all contributions to the fund and requesting that its affiliate locals do the same. President Saunders writes that this is a result of the fund accepting $25 million dollars from Charles and David Koch as well as speaking at their summit meeting in California.
Jul 15, 2014 - 8:55:18 AM
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