activism
New consumer campaign: higher minimum wage for restaurant workers
February 25, 2013Can you imagine trying to live on $2.13 an hour, with no sick days and a 1-in-10 chance of having health care coverage?
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Today in black history: Harold Washington won the mayoral primary in Chicago
February 22, 2013In 1983, Washington won the Democratic mayoral primary and later was elected the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.
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Michigan unions battle private sector right to work law
February 20, 2013Disregarding a move by Michigan's GOP governor to take the issue straight to the state Supreme Court, Michigan unions sued to overturn the state's "right to work" law affecting private sector workers.
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Join Days of Action for worker rights in Mexico
February 19, 2013Actions in the U.S. will vary from protests to delivering letters to Mexican government consulate offices.
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Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally
February 15, 2013Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.
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