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What's grosser than "Pink Slime"?

05 Apr, 2012

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05 Apr, 2012

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What's grosser than "Pink Slime"?

We received an urgent request for solidarity support this week from AFGE, which represents workers at the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA is up to no-good in a big way.

What's grosser than "Pink Slime"?

U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sunday 4/15-5/20

05 Apr, 2012

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05 Apr, 2012

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U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sunday 4/15-5/20

Triad chapter of Jobs with Justice’s labor history classes will return in 2012 with a lecture series on the untold story of labor in the United States. Class begins Sunday, April 15 and will run every Sunday through May 20.

U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sunday 4/15-5/20

Rally to Save the Postal Service...Again (4/12)

05 Apr, 2012

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05 Apr, 2012

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Rally to Save the Postal Service...Again (4/12)

In dealing with Congress, sometimes (often?) you just have to shake your head. Such is the case with the United States Senate, where North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are now considering a bill that would dismantle the United States Postal Service!

Rally to Save the Postal Service...Again (4/12)

Flashmob: Citizens unite to oppose <em>Citizens United</em>

05 Apr, 2012

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05 Apr, 2012

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Flashmob: Citizens unite to oppose <em>Citizens United</em>

Check out this cool video of a flashmob in Los Angeles of people - real persons, not fake corporate "people" - all united in their opposition to Citizens United, the 2012 Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates of unlimited and undisclosed corporate spending to influence elections.

Flashmob: Citizens unite to oppose <em>Citizens United</em>

Coalition seeks to preserve workers' rights in UNC system

30 Mar, 2012

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30 Mar, 2012

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Coalition seeks to preserve workers' rights in UNC system

If passed when the legislature returns in May, SB 575 would take away the protections of the State Personnel Act for the 22,000 workers in the University of North Carolina system.

Coalition seeks to preserve workers' rights in UNC system

Senators who protected Big Oil's welfare got $23.5 million

30 Mar, 2012

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30 Mar, 2012

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Senators who protected Big Oil's welfare got $23.5 million

When the United States Senate took up a bill this week to put an end to $24 billion in taxpayer-funded welfare for Big Oil, the industry won.

Senators who protected Big Oil's welfare got $23.5 million