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• • AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Atlanta-Area Residents Demand Big Banks Help Struggling Homeowners

  • In Atlanta—one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures—residents who are about to lose their homes today demanded that Big Banks like Wachovia/Wells Fargo reform their policies and protect homeowners on the brink of homelessness.

  • Matt Reed: Oil drill stance presumes amnesia | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

    Republican lawmakers say voters should not be allowed to consider banning oil drilling within 10 miles of Florida beaches because it's "already illegal." This week's special legislative session on a possible constitutional amendment is a waste of state money, they say, because drilling within sight of tourist resorts is "already against the law."

    Our views: Stimulus has saved jobs, prevented worse economic downturn | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

    Depending on your point of view, the 18-month $787 billion federal stimulus plan is the cause of all our economic woes, or a tool in the battle against the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
  • Hundreds brave nine-hour budget workshop | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

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  • Immigrant Workers at Non-Union Chicken Plant Stop Work over Dangerous Conditions | Labor Notes