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Fight for 15 movement hits Springfield, Missouri
April 23, 2014This Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri, a small group of fast food workers gathered in the meeting room of a public library to discuss their fight for a living wage.
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Today in eco-history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2014The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
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People’s World Google Hangout focuses on shutting down the Keystone XL
April 22, 2014Part of the lead up to this week's demonstrations in Washington's against the XL Pipeline was an April 15 Google Hangout sponsored by the People's World.
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Study: 57 percent of poultry workers suffer ergonomic ills
April 21, 2014NIOSH found what UFCW called "a drastic level of injury" to workers even at the present speeds.
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Today in eco-history: 1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 2014The tremor and fires resulting from it destroyed 80 percent of the city.
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