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Community groups slam banks, back consumer agency
July 16, 2009ST. LOUIS -- Darryl Moore, a local ACORN member, pointed up at the Wells Fargo-Wachovia Securities building here on July 14 and told the World: 'They're sticking us up. They're using our tax dollars to pay...
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Senate committee advances health reform
July 16, 2009A public option as part of health reform cleared a major legislative hurdle today, July 15, with passage of the Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans Act in the Senate HELP Committee. The bill would...
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AT&T workers rally for ‘future of all working people’
July 16, 2009ST. LOUIS -- 'This isn't just about our future,' Bob Huss, vice president of the St. Louis Communications Workers of America retirees council, told the World as nearly 200 AT&T employees rallied outside the downtown AT&T...
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Hard-hit Gary stops garbage pickup
July 16, 2009GARY, Ind. – In another sign of the economic crisis hitting working class cities around the country, angry residents and laid off city workers rallied in front of this city’s new General Services building. The crowd...
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Calif. labor backs public option health care bill
July 16, 2009The California Labor Federation, the largest state labor federation in the country, gave its unconditional support to the bill now before the House of Representatives extending affordable quality health care to the uninsured, including a strong...
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