Labor
Voters say it’s about jobs
November 3, 2010The number one issue concerning voters is the same for union families: the economy and jobs.
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Labor volunteers keep on going in the final hours
November 2, 2010On Election Day today union members are continuing their push right up until the polls close.
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Midterm campaigns go down to the wire
November 1, 2010President Obama summed up his closing arguments for the 2010 midterm election at a get-out-the-vote event here Saturday that was bigger than any election rally ever held in this city.
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Riverwalk hospitality workers list demands
November 1, 2010Hundreds of hotel workers from the Grand Hyatt and their supporters marched, demanding changes to make hospitality jobs "sustainable, healthy work with a living wage all through our city,
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No enthusiasm gap at jam-packed union phone bank
October 29, 2010CHICAGO - By noon Oct. 29, union members were close to having called 500,000 people in Illinois about the Nov. 2 elections, here at what the Operating Engineers say is the nation's biggest, most state-of-the-art phone...
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