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Labor mounts drive to protect Latino vote
August 27, 2012They're joined in their drive by other progressive groups, Hispanic groups - such as La Familia Vota - and labor allies.
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Government paid to influence Cuba 5 jury
August 24, 2012Miami area newspapers and television outlets blanketed the region with reports and editorials directed against the Five before and during their trial that ended in 2001.
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Trans-Pacific trade pact would kill more jobs
August 24, 2012The lack of coverage of the Trans Pacific Partnership is because of the secrecy in which it's being written.
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Today in Labor History: One of the first labor newspapers is published
August 24, 2012On August 24, 1827, The Journeymen Mechanics' Advocate began publication in Philadelphia, the outgrowth of a strike by carpenters demanding a shorter, 10-hour day.
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Minimum wage hike would actually add jobs
August 24, 2012Raising the federal minimum wage from its present $7.25 hourly to $9.80 over the next two years would create 100,000 new jobs.
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