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4-21-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1894 in 2:00 US judge breaks national coal strike! 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1656

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time 4 Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 2241

4-20-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1914 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1586

Comments? 2 vive la commune Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2742

Schumann: They make Europe look like a financial dictatorship 1 no more banksters Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1767

Just made a new lolmarx, whatcha think? 8 PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 2630

The Free-Market Fantasy 3 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 16 2034

4-18-15 You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1702

Union-friendly bill could slow affordable housing 4 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1971

4-17-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1911 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1492

April 24: Demand justice for Rana Plaza victims and lasting changes in the apparel industry 1 Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1965

1 worker who survived tanker blast was atop railcar wearing harness (video interview of surviver) 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 2229

Just fired a version of this to each of my representatives 0 Half-Century Man Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1296

Hi I am a socialist. 16 Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 Apr 2015 15 3637

One person doesn't think this post belongs in LBN updated with actual news story 3 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1824

4-16-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1947 in 2:00 500-600 workers killed 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1579

4-15-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1947 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1527

Fear of a Capitalist Planet..... besides ours ... the search for ET 4 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 3051

The nation rallies today for $15 and a union! #fightfor15 0 Starry Messenger Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1394

I guess the satirist Borowitz and Cartoonist Sorensen are under the scooby doo 3 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 3721

4-14-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1939 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1725

Photos from Boston's low-wage protest TODAY 4-14-15 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1681

1 man dead, 1 injured after railcar explodes in Omaha 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1812

How We Can Hold American Companies that Use Sweatshop Labor Accountable 3 Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 2541

Can the working class still change the world? 5 TBF Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 2549

AFSCME's most successful social media blitz ever and the DU is there!!! 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1327

I hope everyone is well in our little "Classic Red" corner of DU........ 9 socialist_n_TN Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 2306

Hillary Clinton: The International Neocon Warmonger 3 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 2484

U.S. Encouraging Cuba To Shift Toward Democratic System Of Corruption 4 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 24 2087

Socialism in North Dakota 0 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 12 1810

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Unions, angry Republican voters rally in support of Indiana's wage law 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 1490

DoubleTree Hotel Workers Approve Unionization 3 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1726

NC labor officials haven’t had worker safety advice from outside in five years required by law 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1356

Construction worker dies in northeast Nebraska while trying to free truck 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 1575

4-13-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1919 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1449

State Rep. Gilliard of Charleston: Don’t believe anti-union rhetoric (stands up to Gov. Boeing vote) 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1267

4-12-15 There are some songs that stand at the core of the labor movement in 2:00 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1673

4-11-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1941 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1400

4-10-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1930 in 2:00 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1625

Happy Birthday Paul Robeson! Mayor Coleman A. Young Remembers Paul Robeson 2 Starry Messenger Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 1562

4-9-70 Public school teachers went on strike in Minneapolis, violating court orders not to walk out 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1669

4-8-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1911 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1490

4-9-15 The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult in 2:00 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1631

Remember when Harvey Milk & the Teamsters worked hand in hand? Rent this movie!!! 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1567

International Nutrition has proposed penalties cut, still faces OSHA scrutiny 2 dead 9 injured 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1627

Revisiting Marx and Liberalism (Counterpunch) 1 YoungDemCA Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 1779

Volunteers provide plumbing repairs for low-income homeowners (wish they were closer to TTW) 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 1668

Emanuel won the mayor's race, but progressives won the election 5 Starry Messenger Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 1890

Flying Food Workers Deserve the LA Living Wage! E action! 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1414

Senator Rand Paul Has No Idea Why The USPS Appears To Be Failing, But He Blames Unions 6 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2420

4-7-15 Their slogan was “Justice for Janitors! in 2:00 minutes 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1588

How a Mid-Sized Tennessee Town Took on Comcast, Revived Its Economy and Did it With Socialism 3 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 39 2267

Capitalism & Democracy :R. H. Tawney 0 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1665

Omaha fire union running own health plan a 'radical shift’ 2 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 2021

Increasing probability for a big European "collision" through Grexit 1 no more banksters Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 1905

Angela Davis, quote 15 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 56 8462

RELEASE: NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance for Representation Case Rule Implementation 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1175

4-6-15 Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the US in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1419

4-5-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1954 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1303

The Power of the People 3 TBF Apr 2015 Apr 2015 8 3189

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Top US public employee union AFSCME gave $65M in 2014, mostly to Democrats, progressive groups 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1503

Plutocracy 1.0 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2015 Apr 2015 13 1534

Labor post needs love 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1435

3-30-15 the year was 1990 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1477

3-29-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1918 in 2:00 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1441

4-1-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1929 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1457

Immigration Reform News: AFL-CIO Launches 'We Rise' Campaign to Train and Organize Immigrant Workers 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1432

Co-workers: IU Health nurse fired for advocating union (INDIANAPOLIS, IN if you get my drift) 1 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2277

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 Zorra Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1886

4-3-15 the year was 2008 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1369

4-2-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1909 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1265

Bloomberg: Rand Paul’s Favorite Union-Buster by Josh Eidelson 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1317

A "Schultz faction" undermines negotiations with Greece 2 no more banksters Mar 2015 Apr 2015 7 1850

Redditt Socialism plays an April Fools joke on itself 0 Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1348

How Privatization Rips Us All Off 3 Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 Apr 2015 11 1849

This is the day in Memphis that marked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final march for Civil Rights 3 Omaha Steve Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2057

Socialism is American as Apple Pie 11 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 28 3253

USW Message to Congress "Enforcing lousy trade laws doesn’t get you much to protect steel jobs" TPP 0 Omaha Steve Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1392

3-27-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1912 in 2:00 0 Omaha Steve Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1298

About NPR's recent right-to-work piece 3 Omaha Steve Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1786

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