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Senate GOP defeats minimum wage hike
May 1, 2014The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.
Read moreMinimum wage hike drive moves into high gear
April 11, 2014The labor-backed campaign to raise the minimum wage resumed as the "Raise The Wage" bus headed for more states, while Maryland became the second state to enact a multi-year hike of the wage to $10.10 an...
Read more“We’re not going away”: Ohioans fight voter suppression bills (with video)
March 7, 2014"Voter suppression is an attempt to deny people's influence, and it is sinful. I appeal to all those legislators who have a conscience to immediately repeal these acts."
Read moreUnion appeals Chattanooga vote loss, cites GOP lawmakers’ interference
February 27, 2014The UAW have filed formal unfair labor practices charges with the National Labor Relations Board concerning their narrow loss in the union recognition vote.
Read moreU.S. Senate race in Georgia reaches a new low
February 24, 2014The campaign is raffling off an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle as a way to build a list of conservative supporters.
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