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Coalition urges filibuster reforms in new Senate session
January 5, 2011A coalition of progressive organizations, Fix the Senate Now, is calling for filibuster reform.
Read moreOregon workers petition for jobs, safety net
January 5, 2011With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.
Read moreJean Quan becomes first Asian American woman to lead major U.S. city
January 5, 2011In a ceremony marking several "firsts," Jean Quan, a former labor organizer and school board and city council member, was inaugurated Oakland's 49th mayor Jan. 3.
Read moreBanning ethnic studies in Arizona is wrong!
January 4, 2011A new draconian law in Arizona went into effect banning classes statewide, k-12, that promote the teachings of civil rights leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.
Read moreTexans face tough fights
January 4, 2011With their two-thirds GOP majority in the Texas House, the right wing hopes to curtail the right of Texas workers to join unions.
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