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Obama: Collective bargaining can close the income gap
December 5, 2013In a wide-ranging speech on the state of the economy, President Obama took sharp aim at income inequality, citing the growing gulf between the rich and the rest of us.
Read moreTeachers’ leader: ALEC kills rights for corporate power
December 5, 2013ALEC "strips away rights" of workers and voters "in the interests of the power they represent," AFT president Randi Weingarten says.
Read moreLawrence & Memorial hospital nurses locked out
December 4, 2013Locked out nurses and tech workers at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have put their jobs on the line to protect quality patient care and stop privatization and union busting.
Read moreProtesting poverty wages lands them in jail
December 3, 2013At the intersection of Snelling and University Avenues in St. Paul, Minnesota, 26 were arrested on Black Friday afternoon, Nov. 29, for protesting poverty wages.
Read moreAFGE: GOP senators want to “Walmartize” workforce
November 27, 2013Three GOP senators want to "Walmartize" federal workers by eliminating regular pensions for all new hires.
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