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Campaign underway to require paid sick time in Orlando

July 12, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky

While only 42,000 signatures are required to get the initiative on the ballot, the coalition hopes to submit 52,000.

New comic to dish the dirt on ocean pollution

July 11, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of the Pacific Ocean filled with tons of plastic trash, which has increased exponentially.

Ship products not jobs, say Detroiters

July 11, 2012 By John Rummel

The still active Detroit Port on the Detroit River is where union members and city residents rallied yesterday.

Houston janitors’ strike may spread to other cities

July 11, 2012 By John Wojcik

Janitors all over this town, most of whom earn less than $9,000 per year, walked off their jobs yesterday in a strike.

During outbreak, Florida shuts only TB facility

July 11, 2012 By Dan Margolis

One could be forgiven for thinking that shuttering state's only tuberculosis center during the worst outbreak in 20 years isn't a particularly good idea.