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Across Ohio, thousands protest Kasich slash-and-burn plan
March 17, 2011More than 10,000 Ohioans held angry protests Tuesday in dreary cold rain in 18 cities and towns throughout the state against Republican Gov. John Kasich's extremist, slash-and-burn budget proposals.
Read moreWisconsin protesters: You couldn’t wait us out, so, you locked us out!
March 4, 2011One nurse summed up the legal victory to keep Wisconsin state Capitol open: "What Walker has done is sad. So we came dressed for a funeral but we are ready to dance. We expect that we...
Read moreOhio labor vows to fight anti-labor bill
March 2, 2011Massive rallies and town hall meetings in Ohio are underway as state lawmakers move to pass an anti-labor bill that would end 28 years of collective bargaining rights and break public employee unions.
Read moreGOP budget would close Social Security offices
February 28, 2011If Republicans have their way with the federal budget it would close Social Security offices across the country.
Read moreConn. gov joins in “We are one with the workers of Wisconsin”
February 25, 2011"I am proud to stand with you and the workers of Wisconsin," Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy told hundreda at a Hartford rally Tuesday.
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