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College grad adds union organizing to job as a laundry hauler
August 18, 2010Unorganized California hotel workers stage a one-day strike.
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Al Gore calls for movement to address climate change
August 18, 2010Former Vice-President Al Gore says in order to truly address climate change in the U.S., "We need a movement."
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Dinner honors workers’ ‘incredible courage’
August 18, 2010Union and community supporters showed solidarity with Castlewood Country Club workers who have been locked out of their jobs at the posh Pleasanton club for nearly six months.
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New law seen as victory for trafficked women
August 18, 2010Governor David Paterson signed into law a bill stipulating that a person who has been the victim of sex trafficking can go back to court to have arrests for prostitution erased from their record.
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Oil still a problem in the Gulf, scientists warn
August 18, 2010The oil that BP and the government claim is gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there, and threatens the eco-system, two groups of scientists said this week.
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