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Join America Wants to Work National Teach-In Tonight

Tune in tonight (7-8:30 p.m. EDT) to join a live webcast of the AFL-CIO National Teach-In on jobs and the economy. Click here for the live webcast. The Teach-In is part of the AFL-CIO’s National Week of Action demanding Congress promote a real jobs agenda.

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55 Students Graduate From National Labor College

Bridget Benjamin was unemployed for the entire two years she attended the National Labor College (NLC) and wasn’t sure from day to day where the money was going to come from for tuition. Dennis Miller balanced a full-time job, a family of four and traveling across country for classes at NLC.

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Watch Live: N.Y. Teach-In One of More than 200 to Focus on Workers’ Struggles

On more than 200 college campuses across the country today, workers and student activists are taking part in a national teach-in as part of this week’s We Are One actions in solidarity with those whose rights and middle-class jobs are under attack in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere by Republican governors and legislators.

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