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Steelworkers honor Danny Glover and Ed Schultz (with video)
August 22, 2011On the final day of their International Convention 2011, the United Steel Workers (USW) introduced the union's new Paul Wellstone award. The first recipients are: actor and chair of TransAfrica, Danny Glover; and Ed Shultz, host...
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Labor to campaign for Obama in 2012
August 22, 2011Organized labor will not allow a Republican to win the presidency, Michael Podherzer, the AFL-CIO's political director said.
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Campaign to solve housing crisis and create one million jobs
August 22, 2011The New Bottom Line campaign turned up the heat on the big banks responsible for billions of dollars in mortgage fraud.
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Argentina president Fernandez does well in primary elections
August 22, 2011The incumbent president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, confounded skeptics and hostile media by doing extremely well in primary elections on August 14. However, supporters warn that the right wing opposition still may have tricks...
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Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers
August 19, 2011The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.
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