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Buffet fair share tax rule blocked by Republicans
April 17, 2012Republicans blocked action on the "Paying a Fair Share Act" that would have required the rich to pay at the same tax rate as most of the middle and working class.
Read moreUnions: Colombia trade deal stinks
April 16, 2012The AFL-CIO described it as "deeply disappointing and troubling."
Read moreRough going for anti-union drives
April 12, 2012The right-wing anti-labor agenda continues, as bills in state capitols countrywide - designed to attack workers rights - still threaten middle and working class families.
Read moreBuilding Trades Dept. President Mark Ayers dies
April 10, 2012Ayers was a longtime leader of IBEW Local 34 in Peoria, Ill., before ascending to national union office. He was unanimously elected president of the department in early 2007.
Read more100,000 train to “take back the nation” from the 1%
April 10, 2012More than 100,000 union members and activists from community groups are in "99% spring training sessions" all over the country this week gearing up, they say, to take back the nation from the 1%.
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