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  • AFL-CIO, SEIU leaders take off gloves in Solis fight

    AFL-CIO, SEIU leaders take off gloves in Solis fight

    February 10, 2009 By Art Levine

    Original source: After keeping a low profile while GOP legislators blocked Obama's Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis because of her support of the Employee Free Choice Act, top labor leaders today came out swinging. The right-wing...

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  • UnionBook: A social network for labor

    UnionBook: A social network for labor

    February 10, 2009

    Original source: Union activists are, well, active. Sometimes that’s a problem on social network sites like FaceBook, MySpace and others that tend to limit an individual’s activity if it exceeds their arbitrary limits. Our friends at...

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  • Show us the green!

    Show us the green!

    February 8, 2009

    Blue-Green Alliance urges ‘green jobs’ investment WASHINGTON — Shawn Grimes, 30, who makes batteries for hybrid autos was one of more than 2000 people who converged on the nation’s capital to demand that Congress fund programs...

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  • Gang Tries to Kill  Mexican General

    Gang Tries to Kill Mexican General

    February 7, 2009

    Mexico, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) A high-ranking military officer was wounded in an attack by a gang, just 48 hours after another Mexican general was assassinated in Cancun, Quintana Roo state. The general killed two of...

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  • Organize for a green economy, Ellison tells participants in national conference

    Organize for a green economy, Ellison tells participants in national conference

    February 7, 2009

    WASHINGTON (PAI) -- Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., urged 2,000 delegates to the Good Jobs Green Jobs conference to build support in communities across the nation for a new, green economy.

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