Labor
The Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
February 24, 2014"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
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Union wins recognition vote among federal park workers
February 24, 2014By a 91-9 percent margin the Treasury Employees won union recognition among 1,300 National Park Service workers in the Washington, D.C., area.
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Unions fight airline plan to enter U.S. on the cheap
February 24, 2014Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants' and pilots' jobs and pay.
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From wealth gap to voting rights, labor takes a stand
February 21, 2014From opposing "fast-track" trade treaty bargaining authority to restoring and expanding voting rights, the AFL-CIO Executive Council committed the labor movement to specific stands on a select group of high-profile issues.
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Unions-workers’ centers unity results in wage and safety wins
February 21, 2014Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.
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