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Senate GOP defeats minimum wage hike
May 1, 2014The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.
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Alabama says it can fire workers for telling the truth
May 1, 2014In certain circumstances, the state of Alabama says, it can fire or discipline a state worker who tells the truth - even if the truth exposes fraud and corruption.
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Workers Unite Film Festival opens May 9 in NYC
May 1, 2014New York City is the home of many film festivals. Most don't highlight the lives of working people, although some have working people as characters.
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Firefighters battle cancer as well as flames in toxic homes
May 1, 2014Firefighters can smell smoke on their hair and skin for days after a fire; chemicals get into skin through the pores.
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Keystone XL pipeline protest draws thousands
May 1, 2014The $5.4 billion project, which represents the dirtiest, least efficient kind of oil development, would pump dirty tarsands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas refineries.
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