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  • Employee Free Choice Act heads to Senate

    Employee Free Choice Act heads to Senate

    March 30, 2007

    The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee began hearing testimony on the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would make it easier for unions to organize workers, on March 27. The bipartisan bill, called...

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  • When housing dreams become nightmares

    When housing dreams become nightmares

    March 30, 2007

    “Why keep paying all that money to make your landlord rich, when you can buy a house while interest rates are low and build up your nest egg?” is heard around kitchen tables, water coolers and...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    March 30, 2007

    Union love Kenneth Hill, a member of the Boilermakers Local 693, got married to Sonja McGruffin on the picket line outside the main gate of Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls shipyard, March 23, in Pascagoula, Miss. The wedding...

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  • House strips Bush of authority to appoint U.S. attorneys

    House strips Bush of authority to appoint U.S. attorneys

    March 30, 2007

    In a 329-78 vote March 26, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and stripped President George W. Bush of the authority to appoint U.S. attorneys on an interim basis, ending the ability of the Bush...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    March 30, 2007

    Japan: Accord with Australia seen as targeting China Visiting in Tokyo, Australian Prime Minister John Howard signed an agreement on March 13 with his Japanese counterpart described by the BBC as a “Security Declaration.” A free...

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