Republicans
Over labor opposition, House OKs anti-NLRB bill
April 17, 2013Over labor and Democratic opposition, the GOP-run House has narrowly approved legislation (HR1120) to try to shut down the National Labor Relations Board.
Read moreRepublicans oppose even Obama’s GOP picks for labor board
April 10, 2013Right-wing House Republicans schemed to hamstring the board and bring it to a dead halt.
Read moreGovernor calls unions the voice of American workers
March 26, 2013"We live in a time in which more and more capital is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told union delegates at the AFL-CIO Labor Legislative Conference.
Read moreGOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments
March 22, 2013Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.
Read moreWorkers coast-to-coast demand rollback of “sequester” cuts
March 21, 2013At least 160 cities and towns across the country saw mass demonstrations yesterday against the "sequester" - the $85 billion in budget cuts over the next six months that Congress, through its inaction, has allowed to...
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