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Air traffic controllers, pilots see better skies ahead
May 29, 2009Already hopeful because of President Obama’s decision to put former Airline Pilots Association President J. Randolph Babbitt in charge of the Federal Aviation Administration, the nation’s air traffic controllers are finally on their way to getting...
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Anti-union bill defeated in Missouri
May 29, 2009ST. LOUIS -- The fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act recently won a victory here in Missouri. House Joint Resolution 37, better known as Save Our Secret Ballots, went down in defeat when the...
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Actors Equity launches bid for commemorative stamp
May 29, 2009Original source: Actors’ Equity has launched a nationwide campaign to become the first union honored with a U.S. postal stamp. The union is petitioning the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating the union’s 100th...
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Despite Coleman-Franken fallout, GOP gov. blocks election reform
May 29, 2009Original source: If vetoes are like slapshot goals in hockey, then Gov. Tim Pawlenty scored an election-reform hat trick last week. After vetoing motor-voter and felon-notification, he scotched the state Legislature’s big omnibus elections bill. The...
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Students don hard hats in unique school-trades partnership
May 29, 2009PHILADELPHIA — “We need the best people here. If you have a trade, a skill, no one can take that from you.” This was the advice Frank Marsh of Iron Workers Local 401 gave to the...
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