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Public support grows for government jobs program
September 7, 2011"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.
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Labor Day protestors demand jobs and fair trade deals
September 7, 2011Steelworkers and 1,000 others protested against a new free trade agreement being negotiated for the Pacific Rim countries.
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Federal judge temporarily halts Alabama anti-immigrant law
September 7, 2011A federal judge temporarily halted Alabama's anti-immigrant law - a measure so harsh that it makes Arizona's notorious law and its prejudice against Hispanics look mild by comparison.
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Hotel workers animate San Francisco’s Labor Day
September 7, 2011Hundreds of hotel workers and their supporters thronged through the heart of downtown Sept. 5, marking Labor Day with a lively, noisy march.
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For Latinos, recession takes its toll
September 7, 2011As millions nationwide remain unemployed and struggle to stay afloat in the most punishing recession since the Great Depression, civil rights and labor leaders note Latinos and communities of color continue to suffer the most in...
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