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Source: NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"

Roundup

9-3-06

How did the U.S. labor movement develop? [audio 6min]

Professor Jeff Cowie of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations gives Liane Hansen a working lesson in American history.

Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"