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Dallas joins national day of protest over shutdown
October 16, 2013About 50 activists, many of them retirees, gathered outside the office of Senator Ted Cruz in Dallas on October 15.
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“Let us work,” say government workers
October 14, 2013It's hurting our communities, said demonstrators in downtown Detroit protesting the tea party led government shutdown.
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Today in labor history: Black inventor Henry Blair patents cotton planter
October 14, 2013In 1857 patent rights were denied to slaves and were restored after the Civil War. Blair died in 1860, the year the war began.
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Shutdown puts hundreds of thousands in dire straits
October 14, 2013About half a million federal employees remain locked out of their jobs due to the shutdown.
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Workers hit with radioactive water as Fukushima disaster continues
October 11, 2013As fresh horrors in the global Fukushima disaster continue to unfold, nuclear plant workers are the latest victims.
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