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Oakland Airport concession workers strike for a day
July 16, 2013"This company was breaking the law, they were making us work 12 hours a day with no breaks and no overtime pay."
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Unions speak out on Zimmerman verdict
July 16, 2013Unions are lining up with civil rights groups and community organizations across the country and speaking out on the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin, an un-armed teenager.
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Striking rapid transit, city workers rally in Oakland, Calif.
July 2, 2013Striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and Oakland city workers protested what they said were management's refusal to increase wages and demands for givebacks, despite rising revenues.
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GOP votes to prevent “dreamers” from getting a break
June 18, 2013On June 13, the House of Representatives voted on a mostly partisan line to prevent the Obama administration from giving undocumented immigrants brought here as children a break.
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Britain pays $31 million to Mau Mau victims
June 11, 2013British Foreign Secretary William Hague stopped short of issuing an apology last week to the elderly Kenyans tortured by British colonial forces during the Mau Mau uprising
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