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Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet
June 4, 2013Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.
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14 United Mine Workers arrested in protest
May 23, 2013More than 4,500 members and supporters of the United Mine Workers marched and rallied in downtown St. Louis on May 21.
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Walker not welcome in Connecticut!
May 23, 2013"Not only did I lose my job, many people with an education are unemployed in Wisconsin because there are no jobs to be had now. Scott Walker, go home!"
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California launches innovative plan to expand voter registration
May 23, 2013California's Secretary of State is designating the state's new Health Benefit Exchange, Covered California, as a voter registration agency under the National Voter Registration Act.
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Letter from the heartland: Silent factories, human pain
May 23, 2013High unemployment, the paycheck-to-paycheck population of the area, and the increasing incidence of spousal abuse, teen pregnancy and drug use still dominate daily life.
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