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Elizabeth Warren at AFL-CIO meet: “If we don’t fight, we don’t win”
September 9, 2013LOS ANGELES - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the outspoken Massachusetts Democrat, told delegates at the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention here Sunday that the agenda of the labor movement and its allies has always been and continues to be...
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For dignity and higher wages, Walmart workers risk arrest
September 6, 2013ORLANDO, Fla. - Seven members and supporters of OUR Walmart, Organization United for Respect at Walmart, were arrested here for blocking an entrance, during a protest at a Walmart in Orange County, Fla., on Sept. 5.
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Across nation, Walmart workers protest illegal firings
September 6, 2013Across the nation, Walmart workers struck again, and rallied with union and community supporters in some 15 cities.
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Big business behind Rick Perry’s push in Missouri
August 28, 2013Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.
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Union flags fly along the Maine coast
August 20, 2013There are some 6,000-plus lobster boat workers in Maine that best fit Victor Hugo's general description of them more than a century ago - toilers of the sea.
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