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riversedge

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1. In my women's study course many moons ago we had a whole section on Labor History.
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 09:34 AM
Mar 2015

I recall this horrible event vividly. Our workplaces are much safer because of the unions that pushed for safe work environments. It sickens me when I hear unions are no longer relevant. You never know the good you have until you lose it or are in danger of losing it (I think also of women's reproductive health--the RW pushing anticontraceptives and mandatory wait periods and ultrasounds and lectures..)

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