Florida
Labor Dept. tosses Florida scheme to curb jobless benefits
May 6, 2013A Florida civil rights group's legal complaint has led the U.S. Labor Department to toss yet another GOP scheme to deny workers jobless benefits, by imposing a qualification test so tough that many workers can't pass...
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In shadow of Disney World, May Day rally demands immigrant rights
May 3, 2013In the home of Disney World, hundreds of immigrants rally on May Day to demand the "right to work, right to live and right to stay together."
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Name stadium for prison company? Not on this campus
April 4, 2013GEO Group's main niche has been profiting from immigration detention centers which have helped facilitate deportations and the separation of families.
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Floridians rally for free, fair elections
March 14, 2013Orlando residents rallied March 5 --the first day of the 2013 Florida legislative session - to demand "true election reform" that would make voting "free, fair and accessible to all."
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Union leader says politics behind attack on public workers
February 19, 2013Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.
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