Labor
Raise the minimum wage
March 28, 2012Despite claims of economic recovery heard recently, median weekly worker income for most months of the past two years, just like most years of the past 35 years, is either flat, or less, than the year...
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Missouri unions fight right-wing obstruction
March 28, 2012"The sun is shining on organized labor today," State Sen. Tim Green, told thousands of union members.
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Teamsters highlight contradictions in Mexican trucks case
March 28, 2012The Teamsters have apparently caught the Obama Transportation Department in several contradictions.
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Labor hits delay on new safety rule
March 28, 2012The Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget is sitting on - apparently indefinitely - a proposed job safety rule to cut worker exposure to silica dust.
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Pennsylvania unions blast new voter ID law
March 27, 2012HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has become the latest large state to enact a so-called "voter ID" law, and it would deprive 700,000 people of the right to vote, thus drawing a blast from the state AFL-CIO....
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