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Senator Sanders got it right
August 5, 2011The passage of the debt ceiling bill marks a dangerous moment for the workers movement in this country.
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AFL-CIO backs “people’s movement” in Middle East
August 5, 2011The executive council praised the role workers and independent trade unions are playing in the popular mobilizations against corrupt, oppressive regimes.
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Fight to end sex trafficking
August 5, 2011One of the most significant scourges worldwide is the ongoing exploitation and sexual abuse of over 2 million girls, and sometimes boys, through sex trafficking.
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A little debt-ceiling history, and a few suggestions
August 5, 2011It was a double "hostage crisis": The right enforced party discipline on the whole GOP and then made the Democrats negotiate on its own terms.
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Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited
August 5, 2011The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.
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