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  • Stimulus for the World

    Stimulus for the World

    May 6, 2009 By Teresa Albano

    CHICAGO – Pledges to support this working-class newspaper are starting to come in. Volunteers are calling and visiting subscribers during these first weeks of May to talk about this reader-run newspaper, its expansion online and what...

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  • Union launches Wal-Mart organizing drive

    Union launches Wal-Mart organizing drive

    May 6, 2009

    For the last six years the United Food and Commercial Workers union has led a national publicity campaign that has resulted in millions viewing Wal-Mart as a monster that chews up its workers and takes advantage...

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  • Obama urged to appoint pro-choice, pro-equality justice

    Obama urged to appoint pro-choice, pro-equality justice

    May 6, 2009

    President Obama hasn’t chosen a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter yet, but civil rights and women’s equality advocates are speaking out to insure that a pro-choice, pro-equality justice is seated on the...

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  • Oakland workers, neighbors give Port Board an earful

    Oakland workers, neighbors give Port Board an earful

    May 6, 2009

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- Port board members got an earful from workers and local residents at a May 2 public hearing on the Comprehensive Truck Management Plan the Port of Oakland is preparing as part of its...

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  • Unions put paid family leave on the table

    Unions put paid family leave on the table

    May 6, 2009

    Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--Not so long ago, family-friendly benefits were mainly considered the concern of young female workers. But no more, says sociologist and labor leader Jamie F. Dangler. 'When we began working on family leave in...

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