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Budget must “respect, protect” women, coalition says

July 15, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

National Council of Womens' Organizations launched the Respect, Protect, Reject Campaign, and is calling on lawmakers to uphold Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and emphasize women's concerns in the talks.

Cantor, GOP hoping to bring down Obama on debt ceiling

July 14, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Republicans appear ready to cause mass havoc for the United States - all for the chance to bring down President Obama.

Labor, democracy and the debt ceiling

July 13, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.

GOP bashes labor board

July 11, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Ruling Republicans on the intensely ideological House Education and the Workforce Committee seized on a National Labor Relations Board proposal to streamline union election processes to once again bash the agency and organized labor.

Obama defends collective bargaining on Twitter

July 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Obama was using Twitter to go over the heads of the press corps, and to address people who don't read papers or watch TV but rely on social media.