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Florida rally says: “Buzz off, Monsanto”
May 31, 2013Central Floridians turned out or the March Against Monsanto targeting the biotechnology mega-corporation and its role in the propagation of genetically modified seeds.
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Union and growers split on immigration plan
May 22, 2013And that split could imperil immigration legislation overall, since the GOP-run House has made it clear that it may deep-six the Senate's comprehensive immigration overhaul.
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Report: Food on American tables costs a life a day
April 25, 2013The food on your dining table comes at a particularly high price, and we don't mean in dollars and cents; we mean in lives.
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Today in labor history: Cesar Chavez died
April 23, 2013Cesar Chavez was the founder and leader of the United Farm Workers union. The UFW achieved the nation's first industry-wide farm labor contracts.
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What I learned from the Immokalee workers
March 28, 2013Earlier this month I marched for three days with Florida's Immokalee farmworkers and their supporters.
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