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Thousands march to end Con Ed lockout
July 20, 2012A march of thousands from Con Ed's headquarters to New York City's Union Square, in 100-degree heat, added to the pressure on the rich utility.
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Paper workers deal with death on the job
July 20, 2012Jon Maus' name may not have specifically come up at the bargaining conference in of the paperworkers, but his horrifying death did.
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GOP shoots down another jobs bill
July 20, 2012Once again, a planned Senate Republican filibuster brought down a jobs bill, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
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Mill owner cheats on jobs, wages in biomass project
July 20, 2012Building trades workers were hoping for desperately needed union-wage jobs when Nippon Corporation announced plans to build a $71 million biomass cogeneration plant.
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Lawsuit challenges DOMA over same-sex rights
July 20, 2012The suit, for which class-action status is sought, concerns a Santa Ana lesbian couple and was officially filed July 12 in the U.S. District Court.
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