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What began as a chip-on-shoulder solidarity demonstration by fledgling labor unions in 1882 soon became a celebration of what courageous organizers of American workers accomplished by sticking together in the face of factory lockouts and the corporate-lackey police brutality of yesteryear.
It took decades to do it -- but the unions' achievements came to benefit business ownership and labor alike: By becoming the vigorous and vital component they did, unions became teamworkers in the effort that took our country to victory in two world wars and, for a great stretch of time, made us the world's greatest economic power.See the full content of this document
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Labor Day: Strength From Past
Not bad for an effort that began in the rough-and-tumble days when folks were migrating to cities -- from our own farms and from foreign shores. Manual labo...
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