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India’s shopkeepers go on strike over “Walmart decision”
September 24, 2012Storeowners across India shut down their shops to protest the government's decision to allow foreign companies like Walmart access to the nation's retail market.
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Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops
September 17, 2012AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.
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Unionists, allies protest Trans-Pacific trade pact
September 17, 2012Unionists and their allies protested at the Sept. 9 start of the latest round of talks on a planned Trans-Pacific Pact.
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Romney’s Bain victims set up protest camp
September 12, 2012Workers whose jobs are about to be outsourced by Bain Capital are gathering in "Bainport," an encampment they are building across the road from the Sensata factory here.
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Florida’s economy lags behind nation; low wages contribute
September 12, 2012Florida workers were hit hard by the Great Recession and the economic recovery is coming to them more slowly than their counterparts in other states across the nation.
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