Photos | July 01, 2009
Fenton Art Glass is a family-own glass company that has been making decorative and utilitarian glassware - vases, figurines, baskets and other colorful art glass - since 1905. The factory in West Virginia employs about 120 workers on one shift. At its height, more than 700 worked day and night. From day one, Fenton employees had a union – the American Flint Glass Workers - and now, the United Steelworkers Local 508.
October 23, 2009
Striking Vale workers demonstrate on Wall Street
Striking Northern Ontario miners, accompanied by the Great Reaper from the Vale of Death, demonstrated Oct. 21, 2009, on Wall Street outside Vale Inco’s corporate offices. Check out this photo slide show.
September 25, 2009
G-20 "People's March" - Sept. 25, 2009, Pittsburgh
Here are a few sights from the Sept. 25, 2009, "People's March," which occurred in Pittsburgh during the G-20 Summit. (Photos by Steve Dietz, Sharper Image.)
September 24, 2009
2009 Rubber & Plastics Industry Conference
Held in Pittsburgh September 20-22, 2009
Photographer, Van Tenpenny
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