Mother Jones believed that unions represented the best hope for coal miners and other workers to improve their lives.

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Woody Guthrie was a voice for labor unions and striking workers and families beaten down by the Great Depression in the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Workers said their unions could not negotiate with the new industrial giants.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Last December, about 4, 000 members of the Amicus and Transport Workers unions began industrial action in a row over pay and cost-cutting.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Shorts pay dispute resolved

Walker's message -- that state workers unions had too much power and were preventing necessary budget cuts -- resonated with voters, Gergen said.

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Negotiations followed industrial action by about 4, 000 members of the Amicus and Transport Workers unions earlier this month in a row over pay and cost-cutting at Northern Ireland's biggest manufacturing firm.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Shorts talks break down