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Labor begins march against plant closings in Youngstown
October 8, 2008YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Over 2500 workers showed up in Niles Ohio for the first stop in a 500-mile march against plant closings led by Ohio AFL-CIO leader, Joe Rugola. The rally was held at McManamy’s Banquet...
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The crisis of family debt
October 7, 2008There is broad consensus among labor unions and progressive organizations, economists and politicians that we need a bottom-up solution to the economic crisis. That is, the priority should be fixing Main Street, not Wall Street. The...
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Ohio: Reclaim America
October 7, 2008COLUMBUS, Ohio — Twenty thousand excited voters turned out at the Ohio State University campus here Oct. 5 to hear Bruce Springsteen perform and call for people to register, vote and “take back our country.” It...
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Union leader Trumkas speech on racism goes viral
October 7, 2008More than 266,000 You Tube views and growing Union workers are among tens of thousands using You Tube to reach tens of thousands of others with a powerful message against the effects of racism in the...
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Hurricanes over Cuba, a month later
October 7, 2008Hurricanes Gustav and Ike raked Cuba Aug. 30 and Sept. 7-9, causing the country’s worst natural disaster in recorded history. Officials pegged losses at $5 billion, 10 percent of GDP. Some 200,000 people were left homeless,...
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