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Portland, Oregon dumps Walmart bonds
May 22, 2014"A city's investments should reflect the values of its taxpayers, and Walmart is consistently out of step with Portland values."
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In India, fears accompany right-wing Modi’s landslide victory
May 21, 2014This is the first time since India won independence in 1947 that a rightist party has won a clear majority in parliament.
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Catastrophic destruction from floods in Balkans, landmines swept away
May 21, 2014Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war.
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Missouri Republicans fail to achieve much of their agenda
May 21, 2014"Their whole legislative agenda revolves around this one central idea: Weaken unions and increase profits for big corporations."
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Today in labor history: Hawaiian workers win collective bargaining
May 21, 2014On May 21, 1945, the Hawaii Employee Relations Act was signed, guaranteeing the predominantly Native Hawaiian and Asian immigrant pineapple and sugar workers the right to bargain collectively.
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