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UN General Assembly denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba

October 30, 2009 By Emile Schepers

For the 18th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the economic blockade that the United States has maintained against socialist Cuba.

Pelosi announces the House health plan

October 29, 2009 By John Wojcik

After months of struggle by a growing movement outside and inside the halls of Congress, House Democrats released a health care reform plan.

Congress probes link between football and brain damage

October 29, 2009

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League, faced heated questions accusing the league of neglect of its responsibilities to players with brain injuries.

Coming back to the NLRB’s core mission

October 29, 2009 By John Wojcik

The son of an Iowa coal miner is pleased that the United States has moved closer now to enforcing a piece of the law that has too often been ignored.

Labor hits union busting by immigration agency

October 29, 2009 By Emile Schepers

An important report by the AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work and the National Employment Law Project paints a shocking picture of how, under the Bush administration, ICE, (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) ran roughshod over the rights...