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Teachers demand end to school closings in Puerto Rico
May 12, 2017Teachers unions in the United States and Puerto Rico joined forces to fight the drastic school closings, forced upon the island’s children by hedge fund creditors.
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Workers rally to back pension protection bill
May 12, 2017Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt. who also introduced the bill, said it could save the pensions of up to 10 million workers the multi-employer plans cover.
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This week: World Fair Trade Day
May 12, 2017Fair trade is an agent for change, a solution to trade injustices and imbalances of power in the supply chain.
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Nurses demand better health care for Americans
May 12, 2017“Nurses are speaking powerfully to our elected officials of both parties to tell them what Americans need and that’s a fair, just and equitable healthcare system for all,” NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro explained.
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Formidable challenges face LGBTQ movement in today’s America
May 12, 2017Every advance achieved during the Barack Obama years was targeted for repeal. Egged on by Trump’s attacks on the free press and “political correctness,” bullies of every stripe from the boardroom down to the schoolyard suddenly...
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