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  • Labor eyes quick passage of new organizing law

    Labor eyes quick passage of new organizing law

    November 17, 2006

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — The new Democratic-run House in the 110th Congress will pass the Employee Free Choice Act, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel said in a Nov. 8 interview. “It will be nice to be playing...

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  • Mixed results in California elections

    Mixed results in California elections

    November 17, 2006 By Marilyn Bechtel And Rosalío Muñoz

    Among the most significant election results in California was the 53-47 percent victory of wind power engineer Jerry McNerney over seven-term U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo in the 11th Congressional District, despite a Republican 7-point advantage in...

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  • Now is time to move on health care, Conyers says

    Now is time to move on health care, Conyers says

    November 17, 2006 By Paul S. Kaczocha

    CHICAGO — Health care activists from around the country gathered here for a strategy meeting Nov. 11-12, energized in the wake of the Democrats winning control of both houses of Congress.

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  • Labor hits the ground running

    Labor hits the ground running

    November 17, 2006

    In Ohio, issues of Iraq, jobs, Social Security and health care top the agenda CLEVELAND — Flush with victory in the Nov. 7 elections, Cleveland’s labor activists, like their counterparts elsewhere, are pressing to broaden the...

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  • Bernie Sanders elected to U.S. Senate

    Bernie Sanders elected to U.S. Senate

    November 10, 2006

    BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie Sanders, the six-term independent congressman from Vermont, swept to victory in the race for U.S. Senate over Republican billionaire Rich Tarrant. In an election in which 70 percent of Vermonters said they...

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