Republicans
GOP wants government to turn its back on us
August 30, 2012The Republican Party's 2012 platform is so radical it would have the government "turn its back on its citizens" and trash every-thing from veterans' health care to food safety inspections, a top union leader says.
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Paul Ryan’s Pell Grant cuts are unjust, misguided
August 30, 2012In a time where tuition and books costs are strangling many low-income and working class students, why are we cutting when we should be funding this vital program?
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New Jersey Governor targets workers and unions in RNC talk
August 29, 2012Chris Christie, in his keynote address at the RNC, offered no solutions to the economic crisis and instead bashed both workers and their unions.
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Why we need a massive jobs program
August 29, 2012Seven years later, the downtown and North Side sections still had pockets of the upwardly mobile, but the hustle and bustle had definitely diminished.
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Labor against extending tax cuts for top earners
August 28, 2012The AFL-CIO is "strongly against" extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the nation's earners, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says.
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