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It’s our turn: Campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5 takes off

July 22, 2011 By Rick Nagin

"You will take this fight over the finish line," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka told Ohio union leaders yesterday. "You will restore the rights of 365,000 public employees!"

Verizon workers to take strike vote July 25 (video)

July 22, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Verizon workers and retirees face the fight of their lives, as the profitable telecom corporation tries to take back every hard-earned benefit.

Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Wisconsin recall victories clarify voter mood, next steps

July 22, 2011 By Dominique Paul Noth

Recall fever got an enormous boost July 19 when Democratic incumbent Dave Hansen easily crushed a legally challenged Republican challenger.

Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections

July 22, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans,...