Youth
Unions plan June conference to draw youth into labor movement
March 9, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The labor movement, determined to build its membership among the nation's youth, will sponsor a Young Leaders Conference this June in Washington.
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Thousands march to save public education
March 5, 2010Hundreds of thousands of students, parents, faculty, campus workers and community supporters demonstrated in California and around the country March 4 in a massive protest to save public education.
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‘But we don’t have any work’
March 5, 2010Like most people here in Reno, Nevada, who are looking for work, I just call myself a statistic and hope for the best.
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Chicago youth demand jobs
March 2, 2010CHICAGO - "Jobs now" echoed across a frozen Federal Plaza as hundreds of youth demanded passage of federal youth jobs legislation and voiced their anger over being left out of the legislative process.
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Texas labor calls for quick action on jobs
February 10, 2010AUSTIN, Texas - Labor leaders from across the state, meeting here last weekend, gave their biggest applause when speakers talked about government action to end sky-high unemployment.
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