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As America positions itself away from the manufacturing industry and moves in the direction of the service industry, we find that some young workers don’t believe the white collared world needs the labor movement. As some young workers graduate from college where the labor movement was rarely talked about in history books, or may live [...]



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Sometimes I just don’t understand why there is always a financially struggling college kid, a low wage worker, or a middle class citizen that feel as though they have to go out of their way to defend tax breaks for the rich. At least once a month I find one person that wants to argue [...]



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By: Cory McCray/Chairman of Young Trade Unionists
Many people may equate middle class jobs with people who worked at the steel plant in Sparrow’s Point, downtown Baltimore at Domino Sugar, or one of the numerous Can Manufacturing Companies that once dominated Maryland. What we fail to remember is that in the commercial food industry we had [...]



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The AFL-CIO and Cornell University are sponsoring a Strategic Corporate Research Summer School on June 12-17, 2011 in Ithaca, New York. The course (credit or non-credit) is designed for undergrad and grad students who are interested in working as union researchers and campaigners. The registration deadline is May 17. Scholarships are available [...]



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Join the Young Trade Unionists for our next General Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7pm. The location is 2701 W. Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230. Our special guest will be Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke. At this meeting their will be food and refreshments served. We highly encourage your participation for the [...]



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By: Cory McCray/ Chairman of Young Trade Unionists
TweetHave the Republicans lost their minds? Has the Tea Party waived the white flag? As many of us watch or join working America as they fight for life in Wisconsin, I must say that Governor Scott Walker has struck a nerve in the people of America. Taking away [...]



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