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States reap benefits with health reform
November 23, 2009Blanche Lincoln and Joe Lieberman took center stage in the health care debate this past week.
Read moreWorkers fight back vs. wage theft
November 23, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Wage theft" may not yet be a household word, but it's a constant, dismal reality for millions across the U.S.
Read moreSan Francisco hotel workers on strike
November 23, 2009About 650 workers at the St. Francis Hotel, one of the city's oldest and most luxurious, walked out on strike on November 18.
Read moreProfessor says award should go to Mexico’s electrical union
November 23, 2009Professor John Womack, an expert on Mexican labor history, has given up a prestigious prize, asking that it instead be awarded to the embattled Mexican Electrical Workers' Union.
Read moreStudents occupy university building to protest fee hikes
November 22, 2009Students occupied Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, protesting a decision by university regents to raise fees.
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