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“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin
June 6, 2011Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
Read moreGOP panel cuts 43 education programs
June 6, 2011The GOP-run House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 23-16 on party lines May 25 to eliminate 43 elementary and secondary education programs.
Read moreGOP lawmakers bash unions and labor board
June 1, 2011Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee veered between criticizing unions and bashing the the NLRB.
Read moreNurses score wins for unions and patients
May 31, 2011Emphasizing that short-staffing harms patients, the National Nurses Union racked up a big contract win at the D.C. area's largest hospital, the Washington Hospital Center.
Read moreAsian Americans tackle job discrimination
May 31, 2011Job discrimination is on the rise for Asian Americans, one of the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and now number 15 million nationwide.
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