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GOP filibuster kills Bring the Jobs Home bill
August 1, 2014Once again, a Senate Republican filibuster killed a pro-worker bill, the Bring The Jobs Home Act, to extend tax credits to firms which do just that.
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AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
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Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November
July 31, 2014"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."
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Remembering Eric Garner, African American father of six
July 31, 2014Those who knew Garner personally explained that the contact with police was in response to a fight that broke out where Garner intervened as the peacemaker.
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Fast food workers plan civil disobedience as employers “freak out” over NLRB ruling
July 31, 2014The "$15 and a union" campaign won an NLRB decision that could dramatically change the organizing landscape in favor of fast food workers.
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