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Workers ratify Cooper Tire deal, ending three-month lockout
February 28, 2012The membership of the United Steelworkers, Local 207L, by a 2-to-1 margin, ratified a new five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, ending an infamous three-month lockout at the company's Findlay, Ohio plant. Workers were...
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At UAW legislative conference, Obama defends auto bailout
February 28, 2012In a rousing speech to a legislative conference of the UAW, President Obama defended his administration's bailout of the auto industry and credited UAW workers as the real saviors of the big Detroit companies.
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Santorum’s pro-ignorance populism could doom America
February 28, 2012Does Republican Rick Santorum want the American people to be as ill-informed and buffoonish as he acts? To make sure we are, he's willing to sacrifice our education and future job prospects
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Teachers stand up and fight
February 28, 2012Teachers with Alliance/AFT of Dallas picketed outside the administration office of the Dallas Independent School district before the board meeting on Feb. 23.
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Ben & Jerry’s apologizes for “Taste the Lin-sanity” ice cream
February 28, 2012It seems too many "clever" media and advertisers think the way to respond to Asian Americans is with a joke, an ethnic stereotype or a plain old slur.
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