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Please come to Pittsburgh
July 24, 2009They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Maybe, at times, that’s true. This is about what is going to happen in another city, however — the home of the Pirates, Steeltown, USA, —...
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Media on card check Wrong or just missing the point?
July 24, 2009Just days after the New York Times and other media outlets reported recently that a group of senators “dropped” the majority sign-up provision of the Employee Free Choice Act, the Service Employees International Union responded with...
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Trumka at NAACP: Building union power means taking on racism
July 24, 2009Remarks by Richard L. Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, 100th Annual NAACP Convention, New York, N.Y., July 15, 2009. Thank you. Wow, after an introduction like that I can't wait to hear what I have to...
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COMMENTARY Recession related suicides skyrocket in Houston, Texas
July 23, 2009HOUSTON – An article in the Houston Chronicle recently documents a dramatic jump in suicides in Houston since the onset of the recession. It points out that many suicides are directly related to the loss of...
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President Obama challenges GOP ‘misinformation’ on health care reform
July 23, 2009President Barack Obama got right to the point on health care reform and answered every GOP charge at the July 22 White House press conference.
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