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Media fingerpointing occurs on the docks

April 17, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Sometimes the conventional narrative the media tell about a news story feels so wrong I can't stand it.

Teachers union leaders split as panel starts rewriting education law

April 17, 2015 By PAI

Leaders of the nation's two large teachers' unions are split on a bipartisan effort by a key Senate committee to rewrite the federal aid-to-education law.

Berkeley demonstration for $15 at site of 60’s Free Speech Movement

April 17, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

Low wage workers were joined by dozens of area unions and community organizations in a massive demonstration for $15 and a union.

LA women on hunger strike for $15 at mayor’s door

April 17, 2015 By Rossana Cambron

"We are bringing this fight to the doors of the mayor and city council members, telling them what they are proposing is not enough."

Low wage strikes and protests biggest in U.S. history

April 16, 2015 By Rossana Cambron And John Wojcik

Low-wage workers in over 200 cities, backed by the nation's unions, walked off their jobs or joined protesters yesterday from one end of the nation to the other.