equality
Florida victories hailed as progress for same sex couples
September 19, 2011Two Florida municipalities passed ordinances recently that make employee healthcare benefits available to same-sex domestic partners.
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Thousands show up for Black Caucus jobs fair (video)
September 6, 2011Video highlights from the Congressional Black Caucus jobs fair/town hall meeting held on Aug. 31 here at the Crenshaw Christian Center with more than 500 people in attendance. An estimated 20,000 showed up for the CBC's...
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Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries
September 5, 2011U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".
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New Haven candidates’ fight for jobs is “what we need”
August 29, 2011Years of struggle for good jobs at the site of the former Winchester sporting arms factory, now Science Park at Yale, came together this week when Delphine Clyburn, candidate for Board of Aldermen in Ward 20,...
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A march for jobs and justice to MLK monument
August 25, 2011The Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the NAACP and others have called for a march for 'Jobs and Justice' in DC August 27th.
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