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HTML

<table id="t1"></table>

<div class="bulk_action">
  <div title="Remove requests" class="trash_iconset_grey_16px removeRequest">Remove</div>
  <div title="some other button" class="abc">Some other button</div>
</div>
<hr>
<table id="t2"></table>

<div class="bulk_action">
  <div title="Remove requests" class="trash_iconset_grey_16px removeRequest">Remove</div>
  <div title="some other button" class="abc">Some Other Button</div>
</div>

JavaScript

jQuery('.removeRequest').live ('click', function(){
  var div_obj = $(this).parent();
  var tbl = div_obj.prev('table');
  alert(tbl.attr('id'));
});