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New Yorkers protest education cuts
October 29, 2009Teachers, students and others are horrified at the prospect of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mid-year budget cuts to public education - and they're fighting back.
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If you’re sick, come in anyway!
October 28, 2009In reaction to the swine flu epidemic, unions are pushing for guaranteed sick days.
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U.S. official quits Afghanistan job over war
October 28, 2009Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy adviser will meet this week with a respected U.S. Foreign Service officer who quit his job in Afghanistan because he lost faith in the purpose of the war.
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Congress Hotel strikers set record
October 28, 2009CHICAGO – “This is an embarrassing day for the city of Chicago,” declared Guadalupe Perez a striking Congress Hotel worker at an Oct. 26 action honoring the strike.
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Obama to sign hate crimes bill
October 28, 2009Eleven years after Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder because he was gay, President Barack Obama will sign the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law this afternoon.
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