Labor
California launches innovative plan to expand voter registration
May 23, 2013California's Secretary of State is designating the state's new Health Benefit Exchange, Covered California, as a voter registration agency under the National Voter Registration Act.
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Split Senate panel OKs Obama NLRB nominees
May 23, 2013In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee approved President Obama's five nominees - three Democrats and two Republicans - for seats on the National Labor Relations Board.
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Today in labor history: Debs imprisoned
May 22, 2013Labor activist Eugene V. Debs was imprisoned May 22, 1895, for his role in the Pullman strike.
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AFL-CIO hails vote on immigration bill, vows work to improve
May 22, 2013"This reflects an enormous step toward healing an injustice, the deportation crisis that has wrecked families, communities, and workplaces for far too long."
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Catholic “union” refuses to back Carla Hale, but AFL-CIO will
May 22, 2013The AFL-CIO Central Labor Council for Central Ohio, meanwhile, unanimously passed a strongly worded resolution this past week supporting Hale in her fight to be reinstated.
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