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Unions descend on Capitol Hill for big immigration push
June 13, 2013WASHINGTON (PAI) - Backed by strong statements from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, dozens of local union leaders from around the nation descended on Capitol Hill starting on June 12...
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Immigration debate begins in Senate as calls to end deportations grow
June 12, 2013President Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the U.S. without documents a chance at citizenship.
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Anti-union greed the killer in Philly building collapse
June 12, 2013Six people who died here June 5 have been described as being "of different backgrounds and classes."
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Lawyers assail police response to Turkey protest
June 12, 2013Thousands of black-robed Turkish lawyers stormed out of their courthouses Wednesday, shouting about the alleged rough treatment of their colleagues by police.
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U.S. poor are in free fall
June 12, 2013The level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now it's gone off the chart.
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