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Official October jobless rate drops 0.1 percent
November 14, 2014The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in October, to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
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State-named panel to run Detroit finances for 13 years
November 14, 2014A nine-member, state-named panel, with no unionists among its initial appointees, will run Detroit's finances for the next 13 years, a court-approved bankruptcy exit plan says.
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SCOTUS to rule on whether retirees can get health benefits for life
November 14, 2014Can retirees get lifetime health care benefits under a union contract? That question hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10.
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28 arrested so far in sit-down strikes at California Walmarts
November 14, 2014The group was joined by hundreds of Californians who rallied outside the store in Pico Rivera, the site of the first Walmart strikes in 2012.
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Miners’ families welcome indictment of Massey Energy CEO Blankenship
November 14, 2014A federal grand jury indicted the former Massey Energy CEO on numerous counts of conspiracy in the Apr. 2010 underground explosion that killed 29 men.
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