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Memorial Day, Veterans and Social Security!

Recently, there has been a move afoot from far-right Republicans to cut Social Security way back, or even privatize the system, and put everyone at the whim of the stock market. W...

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Illinois Job Losses Since NAFTA And The Impact the Korea Trade Deal Will Have If Passed

On December 3, 2010, President Obama decided to take ownership of South Korea free trade agreement, which had originally been negotiated by President George W. Bush. Although he ha...

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Paul Ryan in Chicago - Rally Monday, May 16 at 11am

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will be at the Palmer House at 11am on Monday, May 16 to promote his destructive budget proposal that privatizes Medicare, guts Medicaid and fast-tracks cuts ...

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The Vietnam Moving Wall is Coming to New Lenox

The New Lenox American Legion Hartung Post will be hosting the Traveling Vietnam Wall on Memorial Day Weekend, May 2011. The Warriors Watch, and all riders, have been invited by ...

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US Labour Secretary Denies Plan To Kill H-1B Visa

US Labor Secretary Hilda S Solis has denied that a new programme launched by the Obama administration is aimed at killing the H-1B visa programme even though she declared the H-1B ...

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Research Paper Provides Real Story Behind AT$T/T-Mobile Merger

The Communications Workers of America today released a research paper documenting in detail how a merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will better serve consumers, workers and communit...

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May Day Events Bring Workers, Immigrants Together In Fight For Rights

In Chicago, CWA members joined other unionists and even government leaders, including the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, for the re-dedication of the newly restored H...

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Heading South: U.S.-Mexico Trade And Job Displacement After NAFTA

As of 2010, U.S. trade deficits with Mexico totaling $97.2 billion had displaced 682,900 U.S. jobs. Of those jobs, 116,400 are likely economy-wide job losses because they were disp...

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Haymarket And The Chicago Idea Resonate 125 Years Later!

One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a bomb exploded in Chicago's Haymarket Square . The explosion, the culmination of more than a decade's worth of labor strife, came as C...

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The War Is Over. Start Packing!

It's time to pivot, President Obama. Given three-quarters of the American public - including the majority of Republican voters - what they have said they want: a substantial withdr...

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