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Equal Pay Day wage gap still at 77 cents on the dollar
April 10, 2013It took women on the job all of 2012 and every day of 2013 up until April 9 to earn the eqivalent that men earned in 2012 alone.
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Thousands descend on D.C. to demand immigration reform
April 10, 2013Adonis Flores says immigration reform affects him and his family "personally."
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Chiquita paid terrorists to “protect” its plantations
April 8, 2013A lawsuit by thousands of Colombians whose relatives were killed by Chiquita's right wing squads is working its way through federal court in Florida.
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Two big city mayors oppose paid sick leave
April 8, 2013Two big-city mayors, New York's Michael Bloomberg and Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, are strongly opposing paid sick leave for private-sector workers in their cities.
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AFL-CIO, Chamber reach tentative deal on guest workers
April 8, 2013"From making sure citizenship for the 11 million is achievable not only in theory, but in fact, to maintaining family unity, the labor movement's immigration campaign is just getting started."
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