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Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)
April 13, 201110,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.
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Skokie, Ill. students walk out for union rights
March 22, 2011More than 300 Niles West High School students walked out of classes March 17 to protest anti-union legislation under consideration in Illinois' neighboring states.
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It’s not about money, it’s about freedom: voices from Wisconsin
February 20, 2011There is one thing Wisconsin union families want everyone to know: the protests are about workers' freedom to organize into a union and bargain collectively.
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Workers turn Wisconsin battle into epic uprising
February 18, 2011"I've never been in a workers' uprising like this in my life," said a middle-aged woman as everyone around her broke into cheers, with thousands of workers packing the state Capitol on the fourth day of...
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Chicago youth demand jobs
March 2, 2010CHICAGO - "Jobs now" echoed across a frozen Federal Plaza as hundreds of youth demanded passage of federal youth jobs legislation and voiced their anger over being left out of the legislative process.
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