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Analysts say bill would extend labor law protection to immigrants
May 13, 2013A close reading of the draft comprehensive immigration reform bill discloses provisions to bring undocumented workers under labor law coverage.
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Administration brings GOP attacks on NLRB to Supreme Court
May 13, 2013The NLRB and the Justice Department formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of whether the courts can legally strip federal agencies of their power to do anything.
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Teachers win as state high court kills Louisiana voucher law
May 10, 2013Another Republican statewide scheme to trash public schools and school teachers, especially unionized teachers, ran afoul of yet another state constitution.
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No U.S. bases in Afghanistan!
May 10, 2013In this week's news has come a sobering wake-up call for anyone hoping the end of 2014 will really mark the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
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Today in labor history: Labor of thousands completes first transcontinental railroad
May 10, 2013Thanks to an army of thousands of Chinese and Irish immigrants, who laid 2,000 miles of track, the nation's first transcontinental railway line was finished.
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