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Public workers in the bull’s-eye
January 5, 2011Taking advantage of the economic crisis, the Republicans and Wall Street have placed public workers in the bull's-eye of their attack.
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Coalition urges filibuster reforms in new Senate session
January 5, 2011A coalition of progressive organizations, Fix the Senate Now, is calling for filibuster reform.
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“Made in Dagenham”: feisty women who know how to fight
January 5, 2011The best scene in the new British film, "Made in Dagenham," comes when a reporter asks Mrs O'Grady how her band of strikers will be able to cope. "We're women!" she explains pointedly.
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Oregon workers petition for jobs, safety net
January 5, 2011With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.
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Jean Quan becomes first Asian American woman to lead major U.S. city
January 5, 2011In a ceremony marking several "firsts," Jean Quan, a former labor organizer and school board and city council member, was inaugurated Oakland's 49th mayor Jan. 3.
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