Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa applauded President Obama for a budget proposal that will help create jobs and restore America’s economic leadership.

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La lucha continúa
The leader of the movement for Immigration
Reform is coming to Los Angeles.

Our Community's Leaders and Maria Elena Durazo, the leader of the LA Labor Unions, have invited Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez to meet with our people. Come Join the rally

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It’s called work for a reason. To be fair, it can be fun and fulfilling, but it can also be dirty and dangerous. And some days, despite your best efforts, you may find the scales are not tipped in your favor.

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As we note in our current feature story, the recent Supreme Court decision gives foreigners basically an unfettered right to spend money on US elections -- China, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, take your pick.

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Local 396 is having a clothes drive at the january general memebership meeting for the red cross to send to hati. The people in Hati lost everything, food,water,clothes, and shelter. Donate a bit of your clothes to help another person in need. ( CLOTHES ONLY)

Herold Voyard is safe in the United States, nestled in a cocoon of plentiful food and bountiful wealth, but he knows his family is not. “I think about them every day. I’m here, but my heart is in Haiti,” Voyard said, adding that he knows he is one of the lucky ones.

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