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Hire the unemployed to meet the snow emergency
February 2, 2011It’s time to hire the unemployed at union wages - start with laid off public workers - and help save lives and clean up this mess.
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Demonstrations, nationwide strike rock Egypt, world labor voices solidarity
February 1, 2011A general strike, to continue until Mubarak's government falls, has been called by the newly formed Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions.
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World Notes: Algeria, Greece, Canada and more
February 1, 2011Protests in Algeria, migrant workers' hunger strike in Greece, steelworkers in Canada, and news from South Korea, Haiti, Cuba.
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Illinois legalizes civil unions
February 1, 2011With a landmark bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn Monday, same-sex couples will, for the first time in Illinois history, share many of the legal protections that are now granted to married couples.
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GOP economic plans signal class war on working families
February 1, 2011Detailed analysis of House Republican economic proposals reveals an extreme agenda that few Americans would have knowingly voted for.
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