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The Feminine Mystique and Women's Equality -- 50 Years Later

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.20.2013 | Books
Read More: National Organization for Women, Roe v Wade, Frances Perkins, Smith College, Betty Friedan, Title IX, United Electrical Workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem, National Women's Political Caucus, The Feminine Mystique, Feminism, Violence Against Women Act, Geraldine Ferraro, Livebetteramerica-Relationships, Books News
Peter Dreier

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique -- published 50 years ago this week -- catalyzed the modern feminist movement and catapulted its author into becoming an influential and controversial public figure.

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Union Protests Morgan Stanley's Role in Advocating Social Security Cuts

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Catfood Commission, Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Deficit Commission, Morgan Stanley, Newt Gingrich, United Electrical Workers, Bill Clinton, Politics News
Mike Elk

One might ask, why did union members protest outside of a big bank's office when it is the President's commission that is proposing to cut Social Security?

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Will House Dems Oppose a Jobless War Supplemental?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Friends Committee on National Legislation, American Federation of Teachers, United Electrical Workers, United Auto Workers, Afghanistan War, Afl-Cio, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, General Petraeus, Labor Unions, War Supplemental, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Politics News
Robert Naiman

The war supplemental for Afghanistan is expected to come back from the Senate to the House next week, without any kind of timetable for military withdrawal, and without money to save teachers' jobs.

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Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory To Keep Factories Open

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Tarp, Chicago Sit-In, Chicago Workers Protest, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Hartmarx Bankruptcy, Phil Hare, Wells Fargo, United Electrical Workers, Business News
Mike Elk

The victory of Hartmarx workers yesterday represents a major triumph in the growing trend of factory sit ins.

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Republic Windows Workers Continue Fight Against Bankrupt Company

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Labor, Republic Windows Injunction, Republic Windows Protest, United Electrical Workers, Chicago Workers Protest, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrup...

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Republic Workers Calmed Racial Tensions Before Sit-In

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Republic Chicago Race, Republic Windows & Doors, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Economy, United Electrical Workers, Economic Crisis, Republic Windows and Doors Lay Offs, Sit-in Republic Windows and Doors, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Chicago News

A sit-in by laid-off employees of a Chicago window company this month sparked international attention. Republic Windows and Doors had closed with only...

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