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Sanders introduces Robin Hood Tax and free education bills
May 19, 2015"The Robin Hood tax, which can raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year paid by Wall Street speculators, is the perfect way to fund this program."
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Call goes out for boycott of Driscoll
May 19, 2015A work stoppage began March 17 in the San Quintín Valley, in Baja California, as workers called for a minimum daily wage of 300 pesos, about $20.
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Today in history: Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh is born, 1890
May 19, 2015Ho Chi Minh was also a writer and poet; here are four short poems.
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Labor steps up its crusade for undocumented workers
May 19, 2015"We see 20 percent of our workforce being deported; half of Texas' construction workers are undocumented."
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Rolling one-day strike closes Washington state schools
May 19, 2015Thousands of union school workers in 60 districts across Washington are staging a "rolling one-day walkout" to protest the Republican-controlled State Senate's refusal to fully fund public schools.
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