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09.06.2009 9:00 pm

Labor Day: The price of success

In 1956, private sector union membership was near an all-time high and postage was 3 cents.

In 1956, private sector union membership was near an all-time high and postage was 3 cents.

The American labor movement, whose hopes and aspirations gave rise to the first Labor Day in 1882, finds itself on the ropes on Labor Day…

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02.15.2009 9:03 pm

Mary Love: Unionist Emeritus (Corrected)

Mary Love stands on the stoop of her southside apartment (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

Mary Love stands on the stoop of her south side apartment (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

Mary Love is a cleaning lady. She works for a contractor and currently is assigned to clean in a bank building on Forsyth Boulevard in Clayton. Four hours a…

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11.19.2008 9:01 pm

Protecting pensions is good for G.M., and the country

Once, what was good for General Motors was good for the United States. This week, the chief executive of General Motors — along with his counterparts at Ford and Chrysler — tried to convince Congress that the saying still holds…

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