Elections
Workers at Illinois plant say Romney is outsourcing their jobs
July 18, 2012Workers at a Bain Capital-owned company here are demanding that Mitt Romney come to town and stop the planned shipping of their jobs overseas.
Read moreConnecticut labor builds political movement
July 18, 2012"We won't ever let them take our movement backward," exclaimed Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO.
Read moreNew Study: Romney tax plan would kill 800,000 jobs
July 17, 2012Mitt Romney's tax plan would reward companies for exporting more U.S. jobs as well as encouraging the firms to duck taxes.
Read moreTop labor leader: November election most important in 80 years
July 17, 2012In a speech in Homestead, Pa., Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers, declared that corporate money in politics threatens to overwhelm the voice of labor unions.
Read moreOutrage boils over at voter suppression ruling
July 16, 2012Outrage at a new attempt by Republicans to suppress voting in heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County boiled over Monday...
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