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Thursday 3rd July 2008 11:18 PM

Statue honors Iwo Jima flagraiser, all veterans
By Steve Share
(07-03-2008)
RICHFIELD - A bronze statue of the late Charles Lindberg, Iwo Jima flagraiser and longtime IBEW Local 292 member, will be unveiled July 4 at the Honoring All Veterans Memorial in Richfield.

World's first global union to challenge corporate power
(07-02-2008)
LAS VEGAS - The United Steelworkers, North America's largest private sector union, and Unite the Union, the largest labor organization in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Wednesday signed an agreement clearing the way for the creation of Workers Uniting, the world's first global union.

35W bridge construction approaches milestone
(07-02-2008)
MINNEAPOLIS - Progress on the new Interstate 35W bridge will reach a milestone this week, as union workers are expected to attach the last of 120 precast box girders.

Wal-Mart violated worker rights more than 2 million times, Minnesota judge rules
By Barb Kucera, Workday editor
(07-02-2008)
HASTINGS - Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, violated the law more than 2 million times over a six-year period by denying workers time for breaks and forcing them to work "off the clock" for no pay, a Minnesota judge has ruled.

Commentary: Restore the vision and end poverty
By John Marty
(06-29-2008)
ST. PAUL - Political expectations have slipped in recent decades; people accept things that were once considered unacceptable. Even after last year's tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis, there seemed to be only a temporary burst of public outrage over bridges that are so structurally deficient that they are too weak to repair – bridges that could not withstand the stress of bolting on reinforcement plates.

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3 July 2008

On this day in 1835, children employed in the silk mills in Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike to reduce their hours to 11 per day, and their workweek to six days.