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Oregon workers petition for jobs, safety net

January 5, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.

25,000 Ohioans sign to “protect, preserve” Social Security

December 7, 2010 By Rick Nagin

Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."

Dallas stands for jobs and retirement benefits

December 6, 2010

Fifty North Texans, primarily retirees, added their voices to the general outcry against plans to cut retiree benefits at a meeting in the Communications Workers of America Local 6215 Hall December 2 in Dallas.

Seniors joining Nov. 30 call-in to Senate: Hands off Social Security

November 29, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

"This is a brutal time and it is a time to fight back!" said Robby Stern, president of the Puget Sound Alliance of Retired Americans.

Proposed Social Security cuts: seniors hit, millionaires glide

November 16, 2010 By Susan Webb

Proposals for major cuts in Social Security floated by the deficit commission co-chairs are an attempt to "bully" seniors "while Wall Street millionaires just skate on through scot-free."