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AFGE: new poultry inspection rules endanger public’s health
June 1, 2012The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents all federal poultry inspectors, is telling the Obama administration to reject planned new poultry inspection rules.
Read moreUnited Farm Workers’ Huerta receives Medal of Freedom
May 31, 2012United Farm Workers legend Dolores Huerta is among the 13 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.
Read moreCoalition steps up fight against Alabama anti-immigrant law
May 31, 2012They will, in effect, tell Alabama's governor and legislature, "If we can't appeal to your humanity, then we will appeal to your pocketbooks."
Read moreLabor help critical to defeat Walker, “fix Wisconsin”
May 31, 2012Wisconsin has been torn apart by Walker's ideological civil war and his divide-and-conquer assault on our values and our workers. We cannot fix Wisconsin and move forward as long as Walker remains governor.
Read moreAppeals court rules Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
May 31, 2012A federal appeals court declared that the DOMA unconstitutionally denies benefits to married gay couples, a ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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