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  • AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama

    AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama

    July 24, 2008

    AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka delivers a powerful speech at the Steelworkers convention in early July about racism and the 2008 elections.

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  • Economic meltdown: We need a new, green New Deal!

    Economic meltdown: We need a new, green New Deal!

    July 23, 2008

    “Recession” just doesn’t seem to adequately describe the hits workers are taking today. In the old days “recession” meant an economic downturn, unemployment and scrimping and cutting back until better days returned. The current super-recession is...

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  • Wage theft, Bush-style

    Wage theft, Bush-style

    July 23, 2008

    In an unlikely team-up, impartial investigators from the Government Accountability Office joined a low-income workers’ advocate at congressional hearings July 15 to tell lawmakers that President Bush’s Labor Department has failed to enforce minimum wage and...

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  • Nas joins protest charges racism at Fox News

    Nas joins protest charges racism at Fox News

    July 23, 2008

    NEW YORK, N.Y. – A protest against Fox News will descend on its Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday at 2:00 pm. The media corporation's use of racism is the focus of the activity organized by , Moveon.org and...

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  • Campus workers end week-long strike

    Campus workers end week-long strike

    July 23, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of service workers returned to their jobs on University of California campuses July 21, after a week-long strike to protest the university’s stonewalling of their demands for fair compensation in contract negotiations...

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