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Good jobs, green jobs – the only way forward
May 11, 2012"It's not a choice between good jobs and the environment; we can and must have both," declared Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers president.
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Lesbian woman seeking marriage license arrested in North Carolina
May 11, 2012In attempt to get a marriage license in North Carolina, Mary Jamis, a lesbian, was arrested, along with a friend, in Winston-Salem.
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Labor’s International Hall of Fame to induct 9/11 union victims
May 11, 2012The 636 unionists who died in the infamous al-Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be inducted as a group into Labor's International Hall of Fame.
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Home care workers win union rights
May 11, 2012Home care workers hugge and cheered when the State Senate voted in favor of granting home health care and child care workers collective bargaining.
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Caterpillar workers strike against take back contract
May 10, 2012Nearly 800 workers at a Caterpillar plant have been on strike since May 1 after the company refused to back off a far reaching concessionary contract proposal.
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