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Young labor activists to meet in Washington, D.C.
June 7, 2010Young activists and union workers are expected to meet in Washington, D.C., June 10-13, during a national young workers summit hosted by the AFL-CIO.
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What the economic conversation needs to be about
June 6, 2010The focus on "fiscal responsibility" conceals the real causes of the crisis, and if we don't address those we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of lifting workers out of the quicksand.
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Union’s 2010 mission: channel worker anger in positive direction
June 6, 2010Workers are "frustrated, anxious and angry" about "an economy that doesn't work for them," and labor must harness that outrage, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told a panel last week.
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Worries mount on oil spill health effects
June 4, 2010As oil washes up on Florida beaches, scores of cleanup workers are falling ill.
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Behind the employment headlines
June 4, 2010Today's business reports will headline a 431,000 growth in employment during May - but there's one little problem: nearly all were temporary Census jobs.
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