Elections
MoveOn pickets urge Congress, “End corporate dictatorship”
August 11, 2010Picketers stood outside the local office of Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) Aug. 10 holding signs that read "Fight corporate dictatorship" and "End corporate personhood."
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Labor pushes for the swing vote
August 9, 2010Pollsters are reporting that the "swing voters," most of them working-class moderates and even some conservatives, are now ready to vote against all incumbents, even if it means putting the GOP back in power.
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Big Coal backing Rand Paul, GOP
August 6, 2010In Kentucky, coal is king. And now, it seems, coal operators are trying to crown their princes in this year's mid-term elections.
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To win in November, unions will build “people power”
August 6, 2010WASHINGTON - More than money or anything else, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told labor leaders, "Your union members are the power."
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Labor’s seven “do’s” to win in November
August 4, 2010WASHINGTON - The training was as intense as the rousing speeches here at a Battleground States Conference of AFL-CIO leaders, with a "four pillar" plan and seven "do's."
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