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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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“Vagina voters” speak out at Michigan Capitol
June 19, 2012When the final votes are tallied on Nov. 6, Michigan Republicans may rue the day they barred State Reps. Lisa Brown and Barb Byrum from speaking.
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In Ohio, thousands protest new hydrofracking laws
June 19, 2012Thousands marched to the Ohio statehouse and held a People's Assembly to map a fight back against laws enacted by Republican Gov. John Kasich giving the fossil fuel industry a green light on hydrofracking..
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