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Sex workers rally against new crime bill
April 2, 2009Original source: Sex workers smothered London's Piccadilly Circus in red umbrellas on Tuesday to protest against the criminalisation of their profession. Scores of workers from the nearby Soho district gathered at the Eros statue in the...
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Campaign launched for Turkish Metal Workers
April 2, 2009Reposted from www.imf.org TURKEY: The IMF and European Metalworkers' Federation demand Sinter Metal immediately cease violating workers' and trade union rights in the Dudullu Organized Industrial Zone in Turkey. In a joint letter to Sinter Metal...
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Unity dialogue held in New Haven
April 2, 2009As white supremacist anti-immigrant hate groups increase their targeting of New Haven and adjacent East Haven, a dialogue was held this week addressing the need for unity of workers of all racial and national backgrounds.
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Single-payer health reform bill introduced in Senate
April 2, 2009Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer health reform bill, the American Health Security Act of 2009, in the U.S. Senate last week. The bill is the...
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Cleveland rallies for Employee Free Choice
April 2, 2009As part of a growing grassroots movement, over 100 community and labor activists rallied for the Employee Free Choice Act in Cleveland Public Square March 30th. The event, one of 44 “Resistance and Recovery” actions held...
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