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White House steps up campaign to “cut government waste”
June 13, 2011President Obama signed an Executive Order initiating the Campaign to Cut Waste, ordering each department and agency to report regularly to Vice President Biden who will head a new task force on government accountability.
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Texas AFL-CIO meet was bright spot in dark sky
June 13, 2011Labor leaders in Texas came together to renew the call for jobs, livable wages, human services and democratic reforms for state workers and workers across the nation.
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Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
June 13, 2011The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
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Iranians release bus drivers union leader
June 10, 2011The leader of the independent bus drivers union in Tehran, Iran, was released on bond from Iranian prisons.
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Red Cross forces workers out on strike
June 10, 2011Continuing its campaign to strip its blood bank workers of their rights and their health care, the American Red Cross forced some 250 workers to strike.
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