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Rally tells Sen. Feinstein: Fight for Social Security
August 19, 2011They came from all over northern California - by bus, by train, by carpool - to deliver a powerful message to Senator Dianne Feinstein: Stand up and be a champion for Social Security!
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In pilot project, AFL-CIO organizes Minnesota jobless workers
August 19, 2011The AFL-CIO, in a pilot project in the Twin Cities and in six other areas, is trying to bring some hope back - along with practical help.
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In UK riots, Conservative Party rewriting doesn’t wash
August 19, 2011Iain Duncan Smith told BBC's Panorama that our recent riots were nothing to do with unemployment.
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Pressure grows on sugar company to end lockout
August 18, 2011The East Grand Forks, Minn., city council voted unanimously to send a letter urging American Crystal Sugar to return to negotiations with its locked-out workers.
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Bay Area community to Congress: good jobs now!
August 18, 2011A veritable rainbow of Oakland residents lined up at the microphones Aug. 16 to tell four members of Congress how the economic crisis affects them.
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