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The 99% rally outside DC gathering of the 1%
February 13, 2012More than 1,200 labor and community activists turned out in force at a boisterous rally Friday outside the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Read moreJobless benefits and payroll tax cut in danger, SEIU warns
February 9, 2012Republican lawmakers are plotting to allow extra federal jobless benefits and the "temporary" payroll tax cut for 160 million workers to lapse.
Read moreLabor and business economists call “right to work” unworkable
February 7, 2012A pro-labor economist is saying that Republicans who think "right to work" laws will stimulate the economy in their states are dead wrong.
Read moreRavitch blasts corporate “school reform”
February 7, 2012Diane Ravitch, a national leader of the fight to defend public education, sounded the alarm about concerted efforts by corporate and right-wing forces to undermine democracy and destroy public education in the U.S.
Read moreSuper solidarity over Super Bowl weekend
February 6, 2012While the spotlight was on the Super Bowl, workers across Indianapolis took to the streets to protest the outrages happening to working people.
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