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Unions begin big election effort
June 14, 2008Targets include South, Midwest and ‘Ohio, Ohio, Ohio’With the primary season over, labor is wasting no time jumping into the fall campaign. The 10-million-member AFL-CIO is expected to endorse Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee,...
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Wilderness lovers ask: Why bring a gun to a national park?
June 14, 2008OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Nathan Goff, a house painter in Olympia, Wash., drove his wife, Missy, and 19-month-old daughter up to Hurricane Ridge here June 8. The ridge, just a few feet shy of one...
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GOP blocks jobless benefit extension
June 13, 2008Congressional allies of President Bush scraped up just enough enemies of workers on Capitol Hill June 11 to ensure that a Democratic move to extend unemployment benefits fell short by three votes. Democrats brought the measure...
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Labor and lawmakers unveil new trade bill, take steps to undo years of ‘SHAFTA’
June 13, 2008Union and congressional leaders announced June 5 that they are backing a new trade bill that works for workers, not just for giant multinationals. If it becomes law, the president will be required to review all...
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A win for First Amendment in Miami-Dade, Fla.
June 12, 2008MIAMI – Local antiwar and social justice organizations won back their right to peacefully assemble recently when U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga issued a ruling declaring two Miami-Dade County, Fla., ordinances unconstitutional. Altonaga granted a...
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