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There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.
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Labor Joins Drive to Protect Social Security
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Updated On: Jul 30, 2010 (13:44:00)
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 Labor organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, AFSCME, the Service Employees, and the National Education Association, joined 56 other groups on July 29 to unveil a mass movement to protect Social Security from an Obama administration-named deficit-cutting commission …. The 60 groups in the coalition, also including the NAACP and NOW, together have millions of members. Leaders promised to make the commission’s threat to Social Security an election issue. Full story here
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ON THIS DAY IN 1991:
Twenty-five workers die, unable to escape a fire at the Imperial Poultry processing plant in Hamlet, NC. Managers had locked fire doors to prevent the theft of chicken nuggets. The plant had operated for 11 years without a single safety inspection.
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