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New Yorkers fight City Hall on taxes
March 7, 2009NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of people— unionists, community members, religious leaders and elected officials—came out here, March 5, at City Hall and in cities across the state to demand a fair budget for working...
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Memo to Obamas auto task force: build mass transit
March 7, 2009DETROIT — As the situation for autoworkers and all American workers continues to decline, stopping the hemorrhaging loss of jobs is clearly a top priority. So here’s a suggestion for President Obama’s auto task force: include...
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Citizen scientists get ready to track light pollution
March 7, 2009Here is an opportunity for students, youth, and families to take part in a 2 week world wide citizen science project to record night time light pollution across the world. One needs to merely go outside,...
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WHATS ON
March 7, 2009Cambridge, MA Center for Marxist Education Winter & Spring Schedule 2009 March 11, Wed., 7 p.m. Women, Work & Society - Beginning of the discussion. Women’s work in industry & agriculture, arts & sciences, education &...
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National AFL-CIO calls on California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8
March 7, 2009MIAMI - As the AFL-CIO Executive Council gathers in Miami this week, hearing addresses from Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis dealing with the economic crisis and its impact on workers across...
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