Budget Cuts
Cities’ budget cuts target firefighters, slowing responses
May 17, 2012From coast to coast, mayors and city councils are hacking away at firefighters' ranks in desperate attempts to cut budgets and save cash by cutting workers.
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Over 1,000 at Oregon Capitol protest cuts, school privatization
February 21, 2012More than a thousand public employee unionists, educators, parents, environmentalists, and Occupy activists rallied for a "Strong Schools, Strong Oregon" day of mass action at the state Capitol.
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Demand Congress cut the military budget
February 1, 2012Congressional Republicans are attempting to undo cuts to the military budget. You can take action.
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Black public workers first laid off by job cuts
November 29, 2011African Americans are experiencing the sharpest edge of layoffs of government and other public workers across the country
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Congress super committee yields no deal
November 21, 2011Republicans on the committee favor closing the deficits entirely by cutting spending, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
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