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NLRB condemns Hyatt’s Facebook censorship
April 11, 2012The NLRB's regional director in Phoenix has thrown the book - or, rather, the company employee handbook - at Hyatt, arguing that sections of it are illegal.
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Chicago wage theft of Polish workers exposed
April 11, 2012Zwirecki was sentenced to 12 months probation and ordered by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Porter to pay $60,804 in restitution and a $10,333 fine.
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Santorum quits Republican contest
April 10, 2012The announcement, coming after GOP kingpins were already rallying around Romney, has the effect of crushing opposition to the former Massachusetts governor from inside the Republican Party.
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100,000 train to “take back the nation” from the 1%
April 10, 2012More than 100,000 union members and activists from community groups are in "99% spring training sessions" all over the country this week gearing up, they say, to take back the nation from the 1%.
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Global warming does not benefit plants: new study
April 10, 2012A study by researchers at Northern Arizona University shows that a somewhat rosy predictions about purported beneficial effects of global warming on plant life are likely not true.
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