A protester is shot dead by security forces in Harsin, Kermanshah province, Iran. (Hengaw)
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SHOT TO DEATH IN ILLINOIS MINE WAR: Progressive Group Member Dies During March
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 19.—One man was shot to death today as several thousand Progressive miners marched on the capital in demonstration designed to force settlement of the Illinois mine controversy. Peter Haines was shot through the heart on a downtown business corner as he walked with a group of other Progressives toward their headquarters, half a block away. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Donald R. Richberg, NRA counsel, today made public a report to Administrator Hugh Johnson recommending that rival Illinois mine unions agree immediately to permit each other to fulfill their contracts with coal companies and immediately desist from further violence.
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National Labor Relations Act of 1935
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, also known as the Wagner Act, is a foundational statute of United States labor law that guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. The National Labor Relations Act seeks to correct the 'inequality of bargaining power' between employers and employees.
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