Her village has joined forces with others to sell in bulk to the three wool processing firms in the southern city of Arequipa, in an effort to expand their bargaining power.

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Ohio is next up in the effort to pass legislation that would end collective bargaining by public employee unions.

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Labor has had some success in Ohio, where voters last year repealed a hasty effort passed in early 2011 to curb public employee bargaining rights.

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This is nothing short of a coordinated effort between the billionaire foundations pushing school reform and Tea Party conservatives intent on slashing benefits and ending collective bargaining rights.

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