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AFL-CIO goal: filibuster-proof senate majority
August 7, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--The AFL-CIO has set a political goal, second only to helping presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama win the White House, of achieving a filibuster-proof 60-vote pro-worker majority in this year’s elections. But to do so...
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Protests send strong message to Verizon
August 7, 2008More than 300 members of Local 1109 of the CWA/IBEW rallied outside of a Verizon facility in Brooklyn today to send a strong message to Verizon. This is a fight for working families throughout the country...
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Union leaders confront race-and-politics issue head-on
August 6, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--Facing the fact that many unionists may be reluctant to vote for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidency because he is African-American, union leaders meeting in Chicago decided to confront that issue head-on by...
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Witnesses warn of turbulence ahead if Delta buys Northwest
August 6, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union leaders and a labor economist whose university has spent eight years studying the airline industry are warning of turbulence ahead I Atlanta-based Delta Airlines swallows Minnesota-based Northwest. In the third hearing on the proposed...
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Postville takes center stage in national immigration debate
August 6, 2008The Iowa town of Postville took center stage – again - in the debate over the nation’s failed immigration system, as 1,500 people, including unionists, rallied July 27 in support of packinghouse workers there. The march...
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