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Ohio ramps up fight to repeal SB 5

October 31, 2011 By Bruce Bostick

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Ohio voters favor repealing SB 5 by a 57 to 32 point margin.

Workers hit streets to repeal union-buster SB 5

October 31, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Labor activists held a rally in Cleveland to mobilize voter turnout in the Nov. 8 election to defeat Issue 2 and repeal SB 5, the law that strips public employees collective bargaining rights.

Occupy Oaklanders vigil for injured vet

October 28, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

On the evening of Oct. 27, over a thousand people held a vigil for Iraq veteran Scott Olsen, seriously hurt two days earlier when he was struck in the head by a police tear gas canister.

Journey by bus to a state capital: A firsthand account

October 28, 2011 By Sijisfredo Avilés

It was six in the morning of Oct. 26 and two busloads of motivated Chicago teachers and friends were on their way to Springfield to rally and lobby to protect their pensions.

Oakland demos spark call for nonviolence & end to repression

October 26, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

In the wake of the early morning police eviction of Occupy Oakland protesters from their encampments Oct. 25, confrontation between protesters and police came to a head in the early evening after protesters regrouped at the...