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New UAW president vows “social justice” unionism
June 18, 2010United Auto Workers' new president, Bob King, pledges to fight for jobs and justice for all Americans.
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In English, Chinese and Spanish, low-wage workers demand rights bill
June 18, 2010Workers unite across language, race and neighborhood barriers for a Low Wage Workers Bill of Rights.
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“Courage and solidarity” wins it for Rio Tinto miners
June 18, 2010The recent victory of workers at Rio Tinto's huge mine in the small town of Boron, tucked away in southern California's high desert, is a textbook case of how to win against a giant transnational corporation.
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GOP reeling from Barton’s “shakedown”
June 18, 2010WASHINGTON-- Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex, has plunged the Republican Party into turmoil with his blurted apology to the CEO of BP for what he called President Obama's "shakedown" of the oil giant, possibly changing the midterm...
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At Prop. 8 closer, marriage equality supporters keep up fight
June 18, 2010Marriage equality supporters rally outside courthouse as closing arguments are given, moving case one step closer to its probable destination: U.S. Supreme Court.
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