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Missouri activists, unions say yes to cost-of-living
February 24, 2011Missouri labor activists and leaders note that voters across the state overwhelmingly support increasing the minimum wage, which would benefit everyone.
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Ohio workers, students: Why we fight
February 24, 2011Participants in Tuesday's mass rally at the Ohio Statehouse tell the People's World why they came.
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Thousands flood Ohio Capitol to defend union rights
February 24, 2011As rallies, town hall meetings and teach-ins spread throughout the state up to 10,000 Ohioans converged on the Statehouse Tuesday to protest a Republican bill to repeal public employees' right to bargain collectively.
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Capitol battle Day 9: Walker runs from Wisconsin workers
February 23, 2011Thousands massed in Madison this morning for the 12th major rally since the protests began, and workers say they'll be "tracking down" the fleeing governor "until he finally talks to us."
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Egypt labor leader to Wisconsin workers: “We salute you”
February 22, 2011"We stand with you as you stood with us," Kamal Abbas, leader of Egypt's Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services, told the workers of Wisconsin in a Feb. 20 video statement.
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