Labor
Auto jobs grow despite Republican opposition
January 31, 2012More than jobs are back: New polls in Michigan show Obama has jumped ahead of his Republican opponents here.
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Union leaders praise Obama’s economic themes
January 30, 2012Union leaders view positively the emphasis President Obama put on economic themes in his State of the Union address, particularly his call for the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes .
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Indy Occupy movement joins with labor unions in protest at Super Bowl Village
January 30, 2012About 200 people including union members and the Occupy movement gathered on the south steps of the Indiana Statehouse recently to voice their outrage over the "right to work" bill.
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Workers want tax-dodger Verizon to settle contract dispute
January 27, 2012Several hundred CWA Local 1101 Verizon workers and their supporters rallied Jan. 26 in front of 140 West Street to say, "Settle our contract!"
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Workers brave cold to lobby lawmakers on “right-to-work” danger
January 27, 2012Members from turning out to Champlin City Hall to learn more about a coming threat: a proposed "right to work" amendment to the Minnesota constitution.
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