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Unions Take The Lead To Recall Wis. Gov. Walker  Unions falter in fighting benefit cuts  CalSTRS suing Wal–Mart over bribe chargesWill a Militarized Police Force Facing Occupy Wall Street Lead to Another Kent State Massacre?  Build a Powerful Nationwide Movement to Save the People’s Post Office‏4 May Day Stories the Corporate Media Missed While Fixating On Obama's College Girlfriend
Amid Brazil's Rush to Develop, Workers ResistThe Jobless Young Find Their VoiceJobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships Direct Democracy, 2.0 
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Unions Take The Lead To Recall Wis. Gov. WalkerBy NPR Online
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http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/04/4464955/unions-falter-in-fighting-benefit.html

Unions falter in fighting benefit cuts
By Dale KaslerPushed to the margins of the U.S. economy, labor unions like the one representing Northern California's grocery workers are engaged in an epic struggle to preserve their members' wages and benefits. - Read More
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http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/04/4464934/calstrs-suing-walmart-over-bribe.html

CalSTRS suing Wal–Mart over bribe chargesShare 
By Dale Kasler
dkasler at sacbee.comPublished: Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 6BWielding its influence as a big shareholder, CalSTRS sued officers and directors of Wal-Mart on Thursday over allegations that the big retailer bribed officials in Mexico....
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/business/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-bribery-case.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120504

Pension Plan Sues Wal-Mart Officials Over FailuresBy STEPHANIE CLIFFORDThe lawsuit says current and former executives and board members breached their fiduciary duty in their handling of allegations involving a Mexican subsidiary.
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155270/will_a_militarized_police_force_facing_occupy_wall_street_lead_to_another_kent_state_massacre?akid=8717.16102.-wz3ib&rd=1&t=3

Will a Militarized Police Force Facing Occupy Wall Street Lead to Another Kent State Massacre?Today is the 42nd anniversary of an ugly chapter in American history.READ MORESteven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155267/4_may_day_stories_the_corporate_media_missed_while_fixating_on_obama%27s_college_girlfriend?akid=8717.16102.-wz3ib&rd=1&t=22

-4 May Day Stories the Corporate Media Missed While Fixating On Obama's College GirlfriendA number of remarkable things happened on May 1. So why is the media so bored with social protest?READ MOREBy Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
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Resolution adopted unanimously on May 2, 2012 by Golden Gate Branch 214, National Ass’n of Letter Carriers, for submission to the July 2012 NALC National ConventionBuild a Powerful Nationwide Movement to Save the People’s Post OfficeWhereas, in view of the devastating attacks on the Postal Service that have been announced by the Postmaster General – which threaten to eliminate 220,000 living-wage postal jobs from our communities …. close 250 mail processing centers and 3,700 post offices, mostly in poor and rural areas …. degrade service standards and delay the mail by a minimum of 1 to 3 days …. eliminate 6-day delivery and curtail door-to-door delivery of the mail, among many other proposed cutbacks – altogether threatening the very survival of the people’s Post Office which for over 200 years has provided universal mail service at uniform rates to every part of the United States, and has the support of the great majority of our people; andWhereas, the Post Office receives no federal tax money. Its total income is derived from the labor and skill of hundreds of thousands of postal workers who serve millions of customers daily [and also maintain the nation’s largest fleet of trucks]. The Post Office is a strategic “multiplier industry” in transportation and communications, with up to 8 million workers in related industries, depending directly or indirectly on the USPS for their livelihoods; andWhereas, the postal system continues to thrive despite competition from the internet, and despite the severe economic downturn. Postal revenues just about matched expenses over the last four years – until they slapped the USPS with an unprecedented $5.5 Billion a year charge to pre-fund retiree health benefits, and drained away an additional $50-70 Billion by over-funding postal pensions (according to government reports). This is a manufactured crisis, providing PMG Donahoe and the richest 1% with their phony arguments that the postal system is broke – and preparing the way for an attempt to sabotage, dismantle and privatize this trillion dollar industry and run it for private profit; andWhereas, the postal system belongs to the people. To safeguard our heritage, and ensure that the interests of the people are being protected, the Post Office needs to be publicly owned and run in the public interest.Therefore be it resolved, that the National Association of Letter Carriers, working together with the other postal unions, encourage the formation, in cities and towns throughout the country, of Community/Labor Coalitions to Save Postal Jobs and Services – to build a powerful nationwide movement to defeat privatization, maintain living-wage jobs, expand postal services, and save the Post Office as a public entity operating in the public interest.Resolution adopted 5/2/12 by unanimous vote of NALC Branch 214, meeting in San Francisco, California. It will be submitted to the NALC National Convention, which will be held July 23-27, 2012 in Minneapolis.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/world/americas/brazils-rush-to-develop-hydroelectric-power-brings-unrest.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120506

Amid Brazil's Rush to Develop, Workers ResistBy SIMON ROMEROBrazil is a leader among South American nations rushing to build hydroelectric dams in the Amazon, but workers demanding better pay are disrupting the projects. Video | Slide Show
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/business/for-jobless-young-people-new-advocacy-groups.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120506

The Jobless Young Find Their VoiceBy HANNAH SELIGSONTwo movements have sprouted to fight for this generation's right to move out of the parental basement.
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Jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid InternshipsBy STEVEN GREENHOUSEIn a weak job market, many college graduates are taking unpaid internships that fail to deliver on their promises of experience by offering little more than menial work. The Jobless Young Find Their Voice 2:13 PM ET
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/sunday-review/direct-democracy-2-0.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120506

Direct Democracy, 2.0By NICHOLAS KULISHGermany has had its own outposts of the Occupy movement, but the country's political preoccupation has been the organized challenge within the system that is the Pirate Party.
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