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Teamsters sanitation workers picket private firm in 19 cities
October 29, 2012Some 1,000 Teamsters sanitation workers picketed a private refuse company, Republic/Allied Waste, in 19 cities nationwide on Oct. 25.
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Quality care group wins “open government” award
October 29, 2012The CCQCC recently won an "open government" award in recognition of the group's fight to open the books on the operation of the OMC.
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Texas farmers face off against Keystone pipeline
October 24, 2012But there is an outcry among Texans who do not want pipelines snaking along their property - and who fear the environmental risks of potential spills.
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Bain Capital cuts jobs in rural America
October 22, 2012In June, an announcement was in the local paper that Air Evac was moving its headquarters to a town near St. Louis. One hundred fifty jobs would be lost.
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Union member wants to join the “workers’ club” in Congress
October 22, 2012Steven Horsford wants to be inducted into a very small group: members of Congress who are, like him, active union members.
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