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Book Review: "Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century"

Book Review: "Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century"

This book review by Michael Hillard appeared in the March edition of the University of Southern Maine Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education.

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Trump Terminates Collective Bargaining Rights for Most Federal Workers, Including Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Employees, DFAS Limestone, SUPSHIP Bath at BIW & more

Trump Terminates Collective Bargaining Rights for Most Federal Workers, Including Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Employees, DFAS Limestone, SUPSHIP Bath at BIW & more

On Thursday, President Donald signed an

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Members at an AFGE rally with their kids holding a sign saying "Dignity, Fairness, Respect."
Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

Last night, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.

 

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Maine Nurses Protest Proposed MaineCare & CubCare Cuts at Sen. Collins’ Office

Maine Nurses Protest Proposed MaineCare & CubCare Cuts at Sen. Collins’ Office

Maine’s $4.2 billion in Medicaid funding is on the chopping block so lawmakers can give tax cuts for corporations and billionaires. On March 20, Maine Medical Center nurses gathered at the district office of U.S.

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