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President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma
June 3, 2013President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
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Why undocumented immigrants keep coming
June 3, 2013On the night of May 1, 2013, a criminal gang attacked a group of impoverished Central American migrants, who were riding on the top of a freight train passing through Cosoalacaque, in Veracruz, Mexico.
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Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
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Today in labor history: Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded
June 3, 2013Today in labor history in 1900 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union was founded in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them.
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NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race
May 31, 2013Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.
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