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Illinois Bain victims want action from GOP lawmakers
July 19, 2012The 170 workers whose jobs are slated to be shipped to China and the town's mayor are pressing their representatives to keep the jobs here.
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Why we need more – not less – government regulation
July 16, 2012One of the mantras of the radical Right in this country is that the economy and everything else would be better off if we just had less government regulation.
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OSHA’s Barab walks fine line on firms’ ‘voluntary protection’
July 10, 2012House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.
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NEA meets; Biden blasts GOP as anti-public education
July 6, 2012Republicans - presumed presidential nominee Mitt Romney included - have become anti-public education, Democratic Vice President Joseph Biden says.
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Michigan ‘protect our jobs’ petition passes signature threshold
June 22, 2012Michigan's Protect Our Jobs coalition has gathered more than double the amount of signatures necessary to put a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining union rights on the Nov. 6 ballot.
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