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The fast against firings
June 21, 2013While the Senate debates the immigration bill, labor and community activists in northern California charge that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency continues to require local employers to fire hundreds of workers, saying they have no...
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Concession staff protest working for peanuts
June 21, 2013Concession workers at San Francisco's AT&T Park, home of the Giants baseball team, are protesting lousy pay and attacks on health benefits.
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Brazil protests continue with 50,000-strong cathedral rally
June 20, 2013Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Sao Paulo again on Tuesday night.
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Labor a big part of protests in 77 Turkish cities
June 18, 2013The Istanbul Gezi Park protests have been coordinated by a broad coalition called "Taksim Solidarity," which is composed of 117 different constituent groups, including trade unions.
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Trade unions join Turkey protests
June 6, 2013Turkish trade unionists have piled into anti-government protests, marching into Istanbul's Taksim Square banging drums and waving banners.
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