Elections
Labor’s big election loss
January 29, 2010The Senate Democrats loss of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority seems almost certain to doom attempts to revive the barely functioning National Labor Relations Board, the country¹s chief labor law administrator and enforcer.
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Oskar Lafontaine and the troubled German Left
January 28, 2010BERLIN -- While German politicians stared at the calendar, wondering nervously what the May 9 elections will bring in the biggest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, with its 18 million people, media attention suddenly switched to a personal...
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Obama brings ‘shot in the arm’ to hard-hit Ohio
January 25, 2010ELYRIA, Ohio - Lorain County, ravaged by closed plants, budget crises and double-digit unemployment, gave President Obama an enthusiastic welcome Friday.
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Massachusetts election lesson: “Don’t Mourn, Organize!”
January 25, 2010"Don't Mourn, Organize!" This is the growing call from labor and progressive forces following the upset election in Massachusetts.
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Supreme Court goes for ‘One dollar, one vote’
January 22, 2010The court's ruling allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose political candidates, leaving unions in the dust.
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