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City employee contract negtiations breakdown

May 16, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle

Electricians and supporters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers held and informational picket outside Two Harbors City Hall Monday night. Approximately 20 people gathered and carried signs to call attention to what they say is the city’s slow response to negotiating a fair contract. Continue Reading

Whiteclay protesters vandalize beer truck

May 3, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Group members stomped on beer containers and threw them into the street. The truck’s two front tires were slashed. Continue Reading

Pro-choice advocates rally the Capitol

March 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK — Marnie Piehl said Monday that until now, women and families haven’t been threatened by the Legislature over their right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. Continue Reading

Protest ensues after Thursday nondiscrimination vote

February 15, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A group of about 45 people stood outside a Bismarck lawmakers house Thursday night in protest of a Senate vote that killed a bill to outlaw discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. Continue Reading

Pipeline protest: Sierra Club chief arrested after opposing Keystone XL

February 13, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON Prominent environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Continue Reading

Sierra Club chief arrested at White House protest

February 13, 2013 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON (AP) Prominent environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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Protest of Whiteclay beer sales planned on Monday

December 30, 2012 in The Daily Republic

WHITECLAY, Neb. (AP) Another protest over alcohol sales in the Nebraska town of Whiteclay is planned for New Year’s Eve.
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Benefit of right-to-work laws hard to measure

December 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Michigan, the heart of American manufacturing, became the latest state to become a “right-to-work” state this week, prohibiting compulsory union participation. The move was greeted by demonstrations by protesters angered by the erosion of union power in the state. Continue Reading

World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest in Des Moines

October 18, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The group opposes what it sees as a focus on corporate agriculture motivated more by profit than food safety or protection of natural resources.
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Anti-execution groups plan vigil

October 15, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) Several groups opposed to the death penalty plan to hold a vigil outside of the South Dakota State Penitentiary and in other cities for the planned execution of Eric Robert. Continue Reading