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Judge bans NFL lockout of players but team owners defy ruling
April 29, 2011A federal judge in Minneapolis, with power over labor-management in relations in the National Football League thanks to prior court rulings, has banned the NFL's lockout of its players. But the teams defied her ruling and...
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Workers file charges over racist symbols, hostile work environment
April 29, 2011Besides Nazi symbols the workers also say a vehicle displaying confederate flags has consistently been seen parked on the property near the warehouse entrance.
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Mumia Abu Jamal granted new sentencing hearing
April 28, 2011An appeals court has granted Mumia Abu Jamal a new sentencing hearing in the death row political prisoner's ongoing legal battle. The decision represents the second time the appeals court has rendered such a judgment.
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May Day demonstrations demand both worker and immigrant rights
April 28, 2011Hundreds of thousands across the nation marching and rallying will be fusing the fight for workers' rights and the fight for immigrant rights.
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World Notes: Brazil, Turkey, Laos – and more
April 28, 2011Some 80,000 workers stopped work in mid March at hydroelectric plants, refineries, and electric generating facilities in "the biggest social protest by workers in many years," according to upsidedownworld.org.
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