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Video: Fighting for Chicago mass transit
February 21, 2011Transit workers and environmental activists rallied here in support of mass transit last Thursday, calling for increased funding, not cuts.
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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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President sides with Wisconsin workers
February 18, 2011President Obama weighed in on the side of the workers who have occupied the Wisconsin state Capitol for four straight days, blasting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights...
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Occupation of Wisconsin Capitol continues for third day
February 17, 201150,000 people packed Capitol Square here on the third day of a virtual occupation of Wisconsin's seat of government.
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