GOP
New Yorkers play their part in national upsurge
March 21, 2011The New York labor movement and its allies are playing an important role in the national upsurge against GOP bills targeting public workers but more broad unity and support is needed to advance progress.
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Across Ohio, thousands protest Kasich slash-and-burn plan
March 17, 2011More than 10,000 Ohioans held angry protests Tuesday in dreary cold rain in 18 cities and towns throughout the state against Republican Gov. John Kasich's extremist, slash-and-burn budget proposals.
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“States’ rights” Republicans killing democracy, state by state
March 15, 2011Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.
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Miami protests anti-immigrant bills
March 14, 2011Opponents say if Republicans get their way on immigration in Florida, social, civil and even economic life in Miami and around the state could be severely disrupted.
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Make Wall Street pay
March 14, 2011A statewide coalition of union and community groups in Connectticut has formed to demand that Bank of America contribute its fair share to the state's economy.
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