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Social Security workers launch campaign vs. budget cuts
November 19, 2014The workers who run Social Security are launching a campaign against future budget cuts.
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Today in labor history: Joe Hill executed
November 19, 2014On November 19, 1915, labor leader and songwriter Joe Hill was executed in Utah on what many believe was a framed charge of murder.
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Ahead of Black Friday, Walmart workers brief Capitol Hill lawmakers
November 19, 2014"With Walmart's low-wages and hectic schedules, too many Walmart workers are left on the edge of poverty."
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Keystone XL struck down for now
November 19, 2014The Keystone XL pipeline is down, but not out; despite losing in the Senate, Republicans threatened to bring the bill back next year.
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AMC Loews theatre didn’t pay janitors for months
November 18, 2014Six janitors contracted to work at the theater hadn't been paid for their work in months; when they finally spoke up, the contracting company fired them all.
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