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Federal government shuts down amid looming health care crisis
As the government shuts down, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are being put on leave or will be forced to work without pay.
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Museum of Science and Industry employees vote to authorize strike
Champaign Public Library employees kick off campaign to form a union with AFSCME
"Troops have no place in our neighborhoods"
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