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Postal workers warn public about outsourcing deal with Staples
February 11, 2014"Outsourcing an essential public service to a for-profit corporation staffed with clerks making less than a livable wage and no accountability to the American public is completely irrational."
Read moreKeystone XL pipeline and the jobs controversy
February 7, 2014XL backers' arguments that the project is a jobs provider are being disputed. Many, including some labor activists, feel that the pipeline issue does not need to be divisive, and that they share the same underlying...
Read moreAsian Pacific rights group elects first openly gay chair
February 6, 2014Each community has a stake in immigration reform, he said, from family reunification to visa programs. "We as a coalition have been finding ways to raise our voices."
Read moreBiden blasts “right-to-work”
February 6, 2014Business and right wing backers of so-called "right to work" laws really want "the right for them to eliminate your right to have a say in your work."
Read moreUnions jump into the controversy over Keystone pipeline
February 5, 2014Environmental activists, among them many union members, are escalating their protests against approval of the pipeline.
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