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Trumka: The elections will define who we are as a nation
September 1, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told national media the elections come down to a stark choice: leaders who stand with workers, versus right-wingers pushing a corporate agenda.
Read moreGlenn Beck rally: sound and fury, signifying …
August 30, 2010The much vaunted "Restoring Honor" rally, hosted by Fox News' Glenn Beck, promoted24/7 on that station and others, and bankrolled by far-right billionaires, drew an estimated 87,000 people, according to CBS News.
Read moreJeers to fat assets, cheers for action on jobs
August 30, 2010Fortune 500 companies are sitting on $1.18 trillion while Alan Simpson calls seniors "greedy geezers" - but cheers to the folks and organizations who are doing something about it.
Read moreProtesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
August 27, 2010LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
Read morePalin is new Joe McCarthy, says AFL-CIO Trumka
August 27, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sarah Palin's radical right rhetoric is "poisonous, dangerous and strikes of McCarthyism."
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