PITTSBURGH, PA. – On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden intends to launch his presidential campaign at the Teamsters Local 249 in Pittsburgh with United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard appearing alongside him.
However, first, on Thursday, Biden is hosting a $2,800 dollar-a-plate fundraiser at the mansion of Comcast Executive President David
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As the UAW approaches a historic union election at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, some observers had remained optimistic that Volkswagen may not launch a full fledge anti-union campaign. The corporation is unionized at 43 of its 45 factories worldwide and has run into strong opposition from their German
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Writing for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mike Elk has a look at how the Jewish Community in Squirrel Hill is responding in the aftermath of the massacre.
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — For many in this city’s Jewish community, after suffering through a long winter following the Tree of Life synagogue massacre
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Folks,
Greetings from the Burgh, where I must admit that I couldn’t sleep Tuesday night because I’m so excited about the upcoming union vote in Chattanooga, Tennessee at Volkswagen.
$283 out of $2,000 Goal Raised to Get Down to Chattanooga to Cover UAW
I was there 5
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This piece was originally published on March 13, 2014 at In These Times. At the time, Cornell Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner called it one of the five best magazine pieces ever published (hopefully better pieces have been published since then).
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