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Will there be a Super Bowl next year?

What will the NFL owner/player dispute mean for consumers and workers?

Now that the dust has finally settled on the tense Steelers v. Packers Super Bowl match-up, football fans across the country are forced to contemplate the possibility that the Packers win could be the last NFL game to air in quite some time. League owners have been sparring with players over labor and payment issues that, if remain unresolved, could lead to a player lockout and the cancellation of the 2011 football season. Whose side are you on?

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Young farmworker shares lessons on hard life in fields

Read Samantha's storyMeet Samantha Guillen, a child farmworker since age 6, who is helping advocates fight for increased protections for our youngest child laborers in the fields.

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New report: Fighting wage theft in America

Fighting wage theftA report released by the National Employment Law Project and its partners in the Just Pay Working Group, of which NCL is an organizational endorser, outlines how the Obama administration can combat the epidemic of illegal pay practices that is exploiting gaps in workplace enforcement and  hurting millions of workers, their families and their communities.

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