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We were ‘forceful’ with Trump, says building trades president
April 10, 2017“We go everywhere and anywhere … to advance the economic interests of our members … .”
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Unions are all in for People’s Climate March, April 29
April 10, 2017“Working families are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards both at home and at work.”
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Trump: Stop bombing Syria, stop the deadly war for oil
April 7, 2017For nearly a century powerful oil companies based in the U.S. and other Western countries have waged a continual struggle to maintain control over the vast energy resources of the Middle East. What Donald Trump did...
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“Medicare for All” plans might become focus of healthcare debate
April 7, 2017“Support for a … ‘socialist’ intervention in health care seems to be growing.”
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California hotel workers celebrate as Emeryville calls for sanctuary workplaces
April 7, 2017Hotel workers and union and community supporters rallied April 4, marking the 10th anniversary of a historic struggle in which hospitality workers – many of them immigrants – won a living wage with workload standards and...
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