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House to vote on emergency jobs bill
August 9, 2010The AFL-CIO launched a last-minute telephone blitz to members of Congress, August 9, demanding they approve a bill to provide $26 billion in emergency funding to the states.
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Student group elects new leadership
August 9, 2010Hundreds of student activists convened at the University of California, Los Angeles last month during the United States Student Association's (USSA) 63rd annual national student congress.
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Locked-out Honeywell workers reject Kryptonite
August 9, 2010Over 2500 steelworkers and supporters converged on Metropolis Illinois for a mass rally and march against Honeywell this past Saturday.
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Seattle hosts 25th Annual From Hiroshima to Hope event
August 9, 2010Since August 6, 1985, Seattle has hosted "Hiroshima to Hope" to bring the community together for peace and nuclear disarmament.
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Labor pushes for the swing vote
August 9, 2010Pollsters are reporting that the "swing voters," most of them working-class moderates and even some conservatives, are now ready to vote against all incumbents, even if it means putting the GOP back in power.
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