Indiana
Top labor leader says protests hike support for unions
March 2, 2011"People are giving the labor movement another look now," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said at a press conference here March 1.
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Record protests rock Wisconsin, workers stand firm in Indiana
February 24, 2011Feb. 23, 2011 goes down as one of the largest demonstrations outside of Madison in Wisconsin history.
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Right now: 1,000 workers sit in and block Indiana state Senate
February 22, 2011A thousand union members and their allies are sitting in and blocking the entrances to the state Senate chamber in Indianapolis.
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Gearing up for a green economy and a union job
August 2, 2010A Green Technician training partnership between an electrical contractors group and IBEW Local 481 helped capture "millions of dollars worth of labor" for the union's members.
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Indianapolis pushes water privatization
April 1, 2010Republican Mayor Greg Ballard wants to sell the city's publicly owned water and sewer utility to Citizens Gas, putting hundreds of union jobs at risk.
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