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Tea Party group plans to infiltrate, disrupt labor rallies

A Tea Party affiliate is planning disruptions of SEIU rallies -- with the goal of painting the union as “labor goons.” A posting by the Sacramento-based so-called “Patriot Action Network” and blogger Mark Williams calls for Tea Partiers to dress themselves in SEIU’s trademark purple T-shirts, use them to hide signs that would alienate voters, then get in front of cameras and “lazy reporters” to chant obnoxious phrases such as “You OWE me.”

Boston local VP endorses Younger

News Media Guild exec endorses Hill

TNG-CWA leadership reaffrms support for Hill

Providence Journal parent in the red on pension-split charge

A.H. Belo Corp., the parent company of the Providence Journal, posted a net loss of $119.51 million for the fourth quarter, after recording a pre-tax $132.3 million pension withdrawal charge on the Jan. 3 split of its pension fund from its former parent company, Belo Corp. The company also reported full-year results, widening its loss to $124.24 million in 2010, or $5.92 per share, from $107.9 million, or $5.25 per share, in 2009.

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