Labor
Ironworkers build more than just buildings, they build communities
July 16, 2009Ohio Ironworkers offer career training The following is reprinted from the Ohio AFL-CIO newsletter with permission. “Yea, Grampa, we know. You built that building.” In many households across Ohio and the country, that statement has been...
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AT&T workers rally for ‘future of all working people’
July 16, 2009ST. LOUIS -- 'This isn't just about our future,' Bob Huss, vice president of the St. Louis Communications Workers of America retirees council, told the World as nearly 200 AT&T employees rallied outside the downtown AT&T...
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Hard-hit Gary stops garbage pickup
July 16, 2009GARY, Ind. – In another sign of the economic crisis hitting working class cities around the country, angry residents and laid off city workers rallied in front of this city’s new General Services building. The crowd...
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Calif. labor backs public option health care bill
July 16, 2009The California Labor Federation, the largest state labor federation in the country, gave its unconditional support to the bill now before the House of Representatives extending affordable quality health care to the uninsured, including a strong...
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House leaders unveil sweeping health care plan
July 15, 2009House leaders today announced their plan for a sweeping health care reform bill and the House Ways and Means Committee announced that it will vote on the proposal this Thursday. The bill, called America’s Affordable Health...
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