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Today in labor history: Great Hawaiian Dock Strike
October 25, 2013Today in labor history in 1949 the Great Hawaiian Dock Strike, a six-month struggle to win wage parity with mainland dock workers, ends in victory.
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Obama renews immigration call, but ignores deportation crisis
October 24, 2013"Every day, more than 1,000 aspiring Americans are deported, mothers and fathers separated from children."
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Prosecuting JPMorgan Chase a good start, but…
October 24, 2013There's a long way to go. And, unfortunately, the politicians who enabled the corporate criminals on Wall Street seem to be beyond the law's reach.
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Hypocrisy red alert: GOP lawmakers probe Obamacare delays!
October 24, 2013Shimkus and Kinzinger are only two of many Republicans who ahave already declared the enrollment of people in the health care exchanges a "failure."
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Voters cast mail ballots in the Evergreen State
October 22, 2013Washington State voters received their mail ballots last week, their chance to vote on I-522, a statewide ballot measure that would require labeling of all genetically engineered food.
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