u.s. working class
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Walker’s proposals would slash education funding
Walker’s proposals for the Wisconsin state budget include $900 million in funding cuts for education. Even before Walker's announcement, 2000…
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Thousands protest budget cuts in New Jersey
Thousands of workers protested outside the state capitol building in Trenton, N.J., Feb. 25 to express their outrage over budget…
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Proposed federal budget cuts vital social services
On Feb. 14, the Obama administration announced a $3.73 trillion federal budget aimed at reducing the deficit to 3 percent…
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Chicago rallies in solidarity with Wisconsin workers
Over 2,000 people in Chicago rallied in the Thompson Center Plaza on Feb. 27 against attacks on unions and in…
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Victory to the Ohio workers: Defeat SB5!
The March 1 demonstration against Senate Bill 5 comes at a critical moment. A vote on the bill could come…
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Connecticut rally in solidarity with Wisconsin, Ohio workers
Connecticut workers and activists have rallied twice recently in solidarity with the struggling union members and their supporters in Wisconsin,…
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Hotel workers call for boycott of Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
Hotel workers, along with clergy, labor, and community supporters, held a loud and spirited protest Feb. 23 outside the Hyatt…
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The People’s Tribunal against Bank of America
Protesters demonstrated Jan. 28 against Bank of America's attack on the working-class people of St.Louis. Many St. Louisans have been…
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Workers sue Sodexo for wage theft
Roughly 80 workers in Lehigh Valley, Pa., recently brought a class-action lawsuit against Sodexo, a multi-billion-dollar food service and building…
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Poll: Only 8 percent of young Afghan men know of 9/11 attacks
The pretext for the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history, was the Sept. 11…
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