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In Wisconsin, historic bid for Senate amidst presidential battle
October 19, 2012If elected, Democrat Tammy Baldwin will become the first openly gay senator in U.S. history, and the first woman senator from the Badger State.
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Today in labor history: First school strike against corporal punishment
October 19, 2012Today in 1889, the first nationwide school strike against corporal punishment - in Great Britain - took place.
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Florida magnate threatens firings if Obama wins
October 19, 2012Shades of 1896: A Florida-based time-share magnate is threatening to fire workers if a Democratic Party's presidential nominee wins the November election.
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Sensata workers, job losses, to star in new film
October 19, 2012The workers, who will lose their jobs to China thanks to Mitt Romney's Bain Capital, will star in a new film about their struggle.
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Calif. ballot measure would fund public education
October 19, 2012In a scenario possible only under California's bizarre budgeting process, the state's general services budget is now in the hands of a ballot measure to temporarily tax high personal incomes to fund education.
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