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Federal union protests GOP Ryan: He hustles for the 1%
August 17, 2012AFGE elected Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox, a VA hospital worker from North Carolina, as their new president on August 15 at the union's convention in Las Vegas.
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Voters say bring back call center jobs
August 17, 2012The Communications Workers are launching a campaign in 50 legislative races nationwide around the issues of offshore call centers and bringing the jobs back to the U.S.
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Wage cuts, privatization threaten environmental disaster in San Jose
August 16, 2012The trouble started when the city responded to budget deficits with pay and benefit cuts for city workers.
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Grover Norquist’s false twist to anti-union rhetoric
August 15, 2012Norquist begins by using misleading language...
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San Jose kicks off campaign to raise minimum wage
August 15, 2012A lively crowd of around 200 labor and community activists, gathering at IBEW Local 232 headquarters, kicked off a campaign to raise the minimum wage in San Jose.
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