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Jobs Not Jails campaign wins victory in Oakland
March 26, 2015The Alameda County Board of Supervisors decision increases funding for community-based programs helping people when they return home.
Read moreThe GOP wants pay cuts for hard workers
March 19, 2015Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation last week to lower the wages of Wisconsin's middle class workers.
Read moreWorld’s largest indoor farm putting down roots in New Jersey
March 17, 2015The Newark-based farm will take the space currently being occupied by an abandoned steel factory, with the first phase of operations there to begin later this year.
Read moreOakland workers celebrate new minimum wage
March 2, 2015On Mar. 2, tens of thousands of Oakland workers will get a pay raise, and thousands more will have paid sick days for the first time.
Read moreSafety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery
February 17, 2015The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.
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