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OPINION: Guns, butter, and Obama
December 24, 2008Over the next several months there will be a battle for hearts and minds, but not in Iraq or Afghanistan. The war will be here at home, waged mostly in the halls of Congress, where grim...
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Obama creates historic White House task force
December 23, 2008The Obama Transition Team announced the formation of an historic task force this week – the White House Task Force on Working Families. According to the transition team's announcement, Vice President-elect Joe Biden will head the task...
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Coalition urges San Francisco to live up to sanctuary ordinance
December 23, 2008SAN FRANCISCO — Representatives of a broad immigrant rights, labor, faith and community coalition gathered at City Hall Dec. 18 — the day set by the United Nations as International Migrants Day — to call on...
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Another bank draws worker anger: Teamsters picket KeyBank for funding union-busting
December 23, 2008CLEVELAND — Teamsters and supporters from Jobs with Justice and Working America picketed the corporate headquarters of KeyBank here Dec. 19, accusing the bank of funding a union-busting drive by Oak Harbor Freight Lines. The action...
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A Texan for trade rep?
December 23, 2008DALLAS — At a luncheon for union leaders, I asked what people hoped to see in new government appointments. 'Nobody from Texas,' was the sharpest and most agreed-on response. Neoconservative Republicans have dominated all state offices...
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