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Teachers protest power play by chancellor
October 9, 2009Two blocks from the White House, hundreds of Washington D.C. public school teachers, parents, students and labor activists today responded with a resounding “no” to what many see as a brutal power grab by the Chancellor...
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Workers charge Red Cross with unfair labor practices
October 9, 2009ST. LOUIS – “I’ve worked 96 hours in a single week,” Jason Withey, a Red Cross driver from Buffalo, N.Y., told the World here on Oct. 8. “I could live better working at Wal-Mart.”
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Thompson: Treatment of Stella d’Oro workers ‘disgraceful’
October 9, 2009Brynwood Partners, which owns cookie-manufacturer Stella d’Oro has drawn the ire of city Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, who said the private equity firm’s actions are “disgraceful.
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Seven arrested at CIGNA demanding ‘profits out of health care’
October 8, 2009Seven health care activists were arrested when the refused to leave the lobby of CIGNA insurance company after they were denied a meeting with corporate executives.
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The choice of Rio de Janeiro
October 8, 2009Chicago didn't get the 2016 Olympics. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, did.
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