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Eight anarchists were convicted, and four were hanged. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Legal

Simplified: Eight anarchists were convicted and four were hanged after the Haymarket Square bombing.

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On May 4, 1886, a bomb went off at a demonstration in Chicago’s Haymarket Square in support of an eight-hour workday and against police killings of protesters. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: A bomb went off at a demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square on May 4 1886.

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Starting in 1884, the labor movement had called for strikes and protests on May 1 to push for an eight-hour workday. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: The labor movement called for strikes and protests on May 1 starting in 1884 to push for an eight-hour workday.

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During the crisis, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill into law on June 28, 1894, declaring Labor Day a national holiday. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Politics , Legal

Simplified: President Grover Cleveland signed a bill into law on June 28 1894 declaring Labor Day a national holiday.

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The article, which appeared on the last page, reported that 10,000 people marched “in an orderly and pleasant manner,” far fewer than the organizers had predicted would attend. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: A New York Times article reported 10000 people marched in the first Labor Day parade.

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New York did so in 1887, and The Times reported that that year’s parade was larger than ever, even amid political tension over the role of socialist groups. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Politics

Simplified: New York recognized Labor Day in 1887 and The New York Times reported that year's parade was larger than ever.

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It was in this context that American workers held the first Labor Day parade, marching from New York’s City Hall to a giant picnic at an uptown park on Sept. 5, 1882. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: American workers held the first Labor Day parade on Sept 5 1882 in New York.

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In the late 1800s, many Americans toiled 12 hours a day, seven days a week, often in physically demanding, low-paying jobs. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: In the late 1800s many Americans worked 12 hours a day seven days a week in demanding low-paying jobs.

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Children worked too, on farms and in factories and mines. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: Children worked on farms in factories and in mines in the late 1800s.

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President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in 1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Politics , History

Simplified: President Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a national holiday in 1894 during a railroad worker strike crisis.

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Mr. Trump’s order calls for the entire Treasury Department to be stripped of collective bargaining rights, with the exception of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal , Political

Simplified: Trump's order calls for the entire Treasury Department to be stripped of collective bargaining rights except the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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In 1979, for example, President Jimmy Carter ordered employees in the Treasury Department’s office of intelligence support to be excluded from union rights. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal , Historical

Simplified: In 1979 President Jimmy Carter ordered employees in the Treasury Department’s office of intelligence support to be excluded from union rights.

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To strip collective bargaining rights from nearly half of the federal work force, Mr. Trump leaned on a provision in a 1978 law that gives the president the authority to exclude certain agencies or di... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal , Political

Simplified: Trump used a 1978 law to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly half the federal workforce citing national security.

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And a recent decision in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, if upheld, would further hurt private sector unions by allowing the president to fire board members of the National Labor Relations... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal

Simplified: Fifth Circuit decision if upheld would hurt private sector unions by allowing the president to fire NLRB board members.

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During his first term, Mr. Trump had a more moderate position on labor unions, Mr. Loomis said, and his labor secretaries operated within the standards of collective bargaining. 0.900

👤 Erik Loomis 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Political

Simplified: Erik Loomis said Trump had a more moderate position on labor unions during his first term and his labor secretaries operated within collective bargain...

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But what Mr. Reagan did in 1981 looks moderate compared to what Mr. Trump is doing, Mr. McCartin added. 0.900

👤 Joseph A. McCartin 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Historical , Political

Simplified: Joseph McCartin said Reagan's actions in 1981 look moderate compared to Trump's actions.

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“What this does is signal to private sector employers that they can go to war with the unions” and not face legal consequences, said Erik Loomis, a labor historian at the University of Rhode Island. 0.800

👤 Erik Loomis 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal

Simplified: Erik Loomis said this signals to private sector employers that they can go to war with unions and not face legal consequences.

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If the administration prevails, it could mark the beginning of a broader erosion of collective bargaining rights, some analysts said. 0.700

👤 some analysts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Some analysts said if the administration prevails it could mark the beginning of a broader erosion of collective bargaining rights.

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Union representatives can continue to help members with work-related disputes, Ms. Westmoreland said, but they have to take vacation time to do it. 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said union representatives can help members with disputes but must use vacation time.

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This year, patient care problems related to staffing shortages have been on the rise because of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal work force, Ms. Westmoreland said. 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said patient care problems related to staffing shortages have been on the rise because of Trump administration efforts.

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