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06/26/2009
Thousands Swarm Capitol To Call For Healthcare Reform
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06/23/2009
Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Healthcare Reform
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06/17/2009
Weingarten Urges AFT Activists To Mobilize and Organize
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06/10/2009
Innovation Fund Attracts Wide Variety of Applications
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05/21/2009
AFT Part of Coalition To Defend Professional Integrity
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05/21/2009
Study Shows Employers' Anti-Union Behavior Intensifying
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05/19/2009
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03/14/2001
AFL-CIO Unions Vote to Endorse Obama for Second Term
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