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Black History Month Profiles: A.J. Starling

This year, for Black History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country.
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Redmond: Tennessee Labor Is Building a Better Society

Remarks of AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond to the Tennessee AFL-CIO 32nd Biennial Convention.
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Help Our Union Family in Tennessee Recover from Massive Flooding

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

Thirty-three Letters and a Tragedy of Historic Proportions
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By Our Hands: Here’s How Bonnie Blair Became the Typist of the Black Sanitation Workers on Strike in Memphis When Dr. King Was Killed

“I typed all day long for T.O. Jones,” said Bonnie Blair, recalling the rainy day in 1968 when she wrote 33 letters from striking sanitation workers to Mayor Henry Loeb of Memphis, Tennessee.
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Chris Christie Attacks Teachers. Again: Winners and Losers of the Week

Each week, we take a look at the biggest friends and foes of labor. We celebrate the workers winning big and small battles, and we shame the companies or people...