Maryland
GOP dirty trickster guilty of “fraud” in racist robocall
December 7, 2011Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of "fraud" Dec. 6 for his role in a racist robocall seeking to suppress the Black vote.
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Mayors call for quick end to Afghan war
June 20, 2011The U.S. Conference of Mayors approved a resolution June 20 calling for a quick end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and transfer of the money to job-creating programs in our nation's cities.
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Baltimore May Day: Made in the U.S.A.
May 10, 2011Demonstators denounced corporate and Republican union busting and called for a stepped-up fight to defend union rights, Social Security, and Medicare.
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Young trade unionists mark Baltimore “We Are One” Day
April 7, 2011Unity to defeat the attack on workers was the theme, with Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke keynoting, at the Young Trade Unionists event.
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Richard Trumka, 10,000 union members flood Maryland State Capitol
March 15, 2011More than 10,000 union members and supporters swarmed the State Capitol in here to protest proposed changes to teacher's pensions and to respond to the recent assault on unions in Wisconsin.
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