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Labor Dept. tosses Florida scheme to curb jobless benefits
May 6, 2013A Florida civil rights group's legal complaint has led the U.S. Labor Department to toss yet another GOP scheme to deny workers jobless benefits, by imposing a qualification test so tough that many workers can't pass...
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Letter Carriers cite huge need in 21st annual food drive
May 6, 2013Letter Carriers from coast to coast will collect non-perishable food on their 21st annual food drive, on Saturday, May 11. The food is distributed locally, to "free food" pantries, homeless shelters, and other institutions that feed...
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U.S.A. May Day: We are Chinese, Arab, Filipino, Latino…all people, together
May 3, 2013SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of immigrants and their supporters marched across northern California May 1, calling for legalization of all undocumented immigrants, an end to deportations, reunification of families, labor rights and fair wages, and an...
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Today in labor history: Chicago Haymarket affair
May 3, 2013Probably no single event has influenced the history of labor in the United States, and even the world, more than the Chicago Haymarket affair.
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Obama’s Commerce nominee assailed as “anti-worker business mogul”
May 3, 2013You won't hear praise for Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker from a Hyatt Hotel worker or Chicago Public Schools teacher. Or from the progressive website CREDO Action, which describes Pritzker as an "anti-worker business mogul."
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