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Minnesota unions await details of deal to end shutdown

July 15, 2011 By Barb Kucera

The two sides were at an impasse over how to resolve a $5 billion deficit for the budget period that started July 1.

Budget must “respect, protect” women, coalition says

July 15, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

National Council of Womens' Organizations launched the Respect, Protect, Reject Campaign, and is calling on lawmakers to uphold Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and emphasize women's concerns in the talks.

Next Generation claim union, social justice organizing as their own

July 15, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Younger CWA union members start Next Generation campaign to organize youth into better-paid jobs and labor's social activism.

Friendshipment en route to Cuba, breaking U.S. blockade

July 15, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, which has lasted 50 years, targets people.

On the Bayou, BP oil spill hasn’t gone away

July 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Eric Guzman carries himself like any healthy 35-year-old, but his eyes tell you he's been through what only someone much older would normally have experienced.