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Statewide Networking at the Keep NH Green Environmental Summit in Laconia
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LACONIA — “I’m from Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, near Claremont and Lebanon, and my environmental concern is single use plastic waste and pollution in our state.”
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Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing the State – Gurley Flynn Historical Marker Should Be Returned
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Mary Lee Sargent and I filed suit in Merrimack County Superior Court to call for the state to reverse its illegal removal of the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historical marker.
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Historic Peace Ship Reaches Portsmouth on Voyage for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
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The Golden Rule, a 30-foot sailboat, reached the Piscataqua River in the early afternoon on Wednesday, June 21, and motored past the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to a wooden dock at Portsmouth’s Prescott Park.
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Starbucks Workers in Rochester Win Union Election but Face Bigger Battle Ahead
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Six weeks after informing company executives of their intent to form a union, workers at the Starbucks store in Rochester voted 10 to 4 on Tuesday to be represented by Workers United, a national union, in negotiations with the Seattle-based coffee giant.
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Sip-In Held to Support Union Drive at Rochester Starbucks
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They called the event a “Sip-In,” held three days before the local Starbucks workers will vote on whether their union will be legally recognized. Alongside the regular customers, union supporters filtered in and placed their orders.
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Op-Ed: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s History-Making Life Began in NH
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Flynn’s story started in Concord, where she was the first child of Annie Gurley, a seamstress, and Thomas Flynn, a quarry worker.
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Moms Deliver a Message: Take Action on Guns
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Turnout was higher than in previous annual Days of Action organized by the Moms.
Business & Economy
Dartmouth Grad Students Win Union Vote
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Voting sessions were held Tuesday and Wednesday at Anonymous Hall on the main campus and in the Williamson Traditional Research Building at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
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Seniors Target Bank of America in Concord over Fossil Fuels
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The day after the United Nations released another dire report on the unfolding climate disaster, 55 people, almost all over 60, showed up outside Bank of America’s branch on Storrs Street in Concord with signs and banners protesting the financial giant’s complicity in fossil fuel use.