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Irish protesters warn of another Iceland
February 23, 2009Original source: More than 120,000 workers surrounded the Dail, or Irish Parliament, to protest against bail-outs for wealthy bankers, soaring unemployment and the Fianna Fail government's attempts to force public-sector workers to take a pay cut....
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74 die in Chinese mining accident
February 23, 2009A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 74 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft.
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Free choice and small business
February 23, 2009Original source: Americans today are working harder than ever, and too often finding that the secure and stable middle-class life their parents counted on is falling further and further out of reach for them and their...
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94 Years after Ludlow Massacre, site now national historic landmark
February 23, 2009Original source: On April 20, 1914, in Ludlow, Colo., one of the bloodiest chapters in the nation’s labor history was written. Thugs hired by several coal companies and the Colorado militia attacked a peaceful encampment of...
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Number of U.S. workers age 65-74 is increasing
February 23, 2009Original source: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer workers are retiring when they hit 65. By 2016 the number of senior workers between the age of 65 and 74 are expected to rise by...
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