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Arizonans fight to keep their mail coming (with video)
March 27, 2013Hundreds of passing drivers honked in solidarity with 200 postal workers and community supporters' who rallied here Sunday afternoon to "save the Postal Service."
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A union leader goes on a crusade for democracy
March 20, 2013A top Communications Workers official has taken the union's democracy crusade to the good-government group Common Cause.
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Are Missouri Republicans insane?
March 15, 2013Well, when it comes to Medicaid expansion they just might be. I ask because, who in their right mind rejects billions of dollars in federal funding?
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Unions, environmentalists join to uphold California’s landmark environmental law
March 15, 2013A new coalition has formed to uphold the California Environmental Quality Act against business-backed attempts to weaken the state's landmark 1970 environmental safety law.
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Official jobless rate ticks down; 236,000 new jobs
March 11, 2013The nation's jobless rate dropped 0.1 percent in February, to 7.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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