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U.S. threatens to yank trade preferences for Bangladesh
June 10, 2013The recent factory collapse in Bangladesh has forced the Obama administration to decide by the end of this month whether to yank trade preferences for the country.
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Carl Reinstein, fighter for workers, equality, dies at 96
June 10, 2013Carl Reinstein, life long activist for labor, civil rights, and peace, passed away May 12 at age 96.
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Teachers march against “teach to the test”
June 10, 2013Thousands of New York unionized teachers and their supporters descended on the state capital in Albany on June 8.
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May jobless rate at 7.6 percent
June 10, 2013But the alleged business job creation rate is not enough to make a positive dent in the number of jobless, which was 11.8 million in May.
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Redwood forest suffers for Game of Thrones-style wedding
June 7, 2013Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker decided to have a $2.5 million Game of Thrones-inspired wedding right in the middle of a California redwood forest, putting the ecosystem there at risk, as well as several threatened...
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