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Communications workers target GOP

September 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

CWA launched a "Countdown to Shutdown" advertising campaign, sending flyers to 600,000 voters in 25 swing districts of Republican lawmakers on Aug. 30.

Public support grows for government jobs program

September 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.

Obama in Detroit: A fighting Labor Day speech

September 7, 2011 By Jarvis Tyner

President Obama is expected to outline a program for job creation through rebuilding the country's crumbling infrastructure.

In Florida, 98 percent pass state mandated drug test

September 6, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

As results for the first month of Gov. Rick Scott's "drug test the poor" law come in, only 2 percent test positive for illicit drug use. Conflict-of-interest questions also surfaced.

Creationists, flat earthers and deficit hawks

September 2, 2011 By Dean Baker

It's worth asking how the proponents of deficit-reduction - be they congressional Republicans or "deficit hawks" within the Obama administration - think that lower deficits will lead to increased growth and job creation in an economy...