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Actors union lines up political support for Telemundo organizing drive
August 10, 2016NBC-Universal owns Telemundo, but the unorganized actors don't get residuals or health care, guaranteed wage minimums or meal breaks.
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Chicago alderman Rosa, community, activists denounce ICE raids on day laborers
August 10, 2016Government agents raided a neighborhood location where immigrant workers gather, forcing a group of laborers to submit to searches.
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Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
August 10, 2016The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
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Desperation in Chicago and other cities while Trump talks estate tax
August 9, 2016During the Great Depression, unemployment hovered around 20 percent. Many neighborhoods now face levels twice that, six years into the supposed recovery.
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From #FeelTheBern to #ImWithHer: A young activist takes the long view
August 9, 2016Either Trump or Clinton will become president. There is no question as to which candidate gives the left the room it needs to form a programmatic response.
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