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House passes two major working family bills: Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act
January 12, 2009Lilly Ledbetter says she knows she’ll never recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars she lost from her paychecks because of nearly 20 years of pay discrimination.
Read moreGaza Crisis: Analysis and a Way Forward
January 11, 2009Gaza Crisis: Analysis and a Way ForwardThank you for joining us for this special interview with Susan Webb of the People's Weekly World. Webb has covered the Middle East for the People's Weekly World, www.pww.org, for...
Read moreUnions take first steps to re-unite labor movement
January 10, 2009The nations’ biggest labor unions are moving to bring all American unions back together under the umbrella of one national labor federation. The presidents of 12 of the country’s largest unions called Jan. 7 for reuniting...
Read moreCalifornia budget: Back to Square One, as disaster looms
January 9, 2009he Gordian knot that is California’s budget process got a lot more complicated this week, as Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 6 vetoed a complex of compromise budget measures legislative Democrats sent him for signature, after...
Read moreObama jobs plan a win-win
January 9, 2009With unemployment surging, unions and environmental groups greeted President-elect Barack Obama’s efforts to win approval of a $775 billion “green jobs” economic package even before he takes office. Charlie Witt, business agent of Ironworkers Local 512...
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