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In this March 28, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead a march on behalf of striking Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the city’s garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Sam Melhorn, File)

Decades after MLK's death, Memphis jobs at risk

Adrian Sainz, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Forty-five years after King was killed supporting their historic strike, some of the same men who marched with him still pick up Memphis' garbage — and now they are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company...
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 photo a worker pulls a line of shopping carts toward a Walmart store in North Kingstown, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Wal-Mart, Target employees' plight saps fun out of Black Friday

Shartia Brantley
theGRIO REPORT - The holiday shopping creep may delight some bargain shoppers who are on the hunt for a great deal, but some employees of retail giants such as Target and Wal-Mart are not happy...
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks during the NRA's Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum at the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits April 13, 2012 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

Judge strikes down Wisconsin law limiting union rights

Scott Bauer, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge has struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers...
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theGrio and CNBC Market Update

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VIDEO - Investors witnessed multi-year highs for the stock market last week, but all eyes were on the August jobs report, and the data was mixed...
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AFSCME elects 1st black president

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's largest union of government workers has chosen a new leader as its members grapple with efforts around the country to weaken labor rights...
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2/27/2012 - the Grio and CNBC Market Update

Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - The second estimate of fourth quarter GDP looks at all the goods and services produced from October through December. The first estimate showed the economy grew by 2.8 percent, the fastest pace of growth in 18 months...
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2/21/2012 - the Grio and CNBC Market Update

Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - Last week investors received several positive reports on the economy. Small business optimism improved to a 93 point eight reading in January its highest level in four years...
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2/13/2012 - the Grio and CNBC Market Update

Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - Besides monitoring the European Debt Crisis, there were quite a few economic reports for investors to digest last week...
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Cain makes 'top ten quotes' list...twice

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theGRIO REPORT -- Herman Cain makes a double appearance on this year's list of 'quotes of the year'...
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Gingrich on poverty: Pay poor kids to be janitors

Mychal Denzel Smith
OPINION - The former Speaker proposes that in poor neighborhoods, the 'schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school.' Poverty solved...
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