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GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB

September 24, 2014 By PAI

They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.

Primaries end with Scott Brown win but some tea party losses

September 10, 2014 By John Wojcik

The 2014 primary election season came to an end yesterday with the former Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown winning the GOP primary in New Hampshire.

GOP’s Lamar Alexander, catering to right, tries axing Davis-Bacon

August 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

In an obvious bid to cater to the radical right, Sen. Lamar Alexander launched a bid to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.

GOP filibuster kills Bring the Jobs Home bill

August 1, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Once again, a Senate Republican filibuster killed a pro-worker bill, the Bring The Jobs Home Act, to extend tax credits to firms which do just that.

Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November

July 31, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."