Labor
Support to repeal Ohio anti-labor bill grows
October 21, 2011Recent developments have boosted chances that Senate Bill 5 will be repealed in the upcoming election.
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Occupy El Paso launched on Monday
October 18, 2011Occupy El Paso began an occupation of San Jacinto Plaza in downtown El Paso on Monday, October 17, in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and around the country and with marches of...
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Teach-in promotes labor-student unity
October 17, 2011Thousands of students, labor leaders, and community activits tuned in to the AFL-CIO’s “America Wants to Work” National Teach-In last week.
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Thousands occupy Washington, demand “jobs now”
October 17, 2011The August earthquake shook loose some stones on the Washington Monument, but 10,000 protesters demanding "Jobs NOW" shook the obelisk again on Oct. 15.
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Unions to GOP: “You’re next on the unemployment lines!”
October 13, 2011National labor leaders are telling GOP lawmakers to stop playing partsian games on the question of jobs and that come Nov., 2012, Republicans will be next on the unemployment lines.
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