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Altoona nurses strike to put “Patients before profits”
February 26, 2014Hundreds of nurses, hospital workers and supporters hit the picket line in the bitter cold here, Feb. 11.
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
February 24, 2014"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
Read moreUnion wins recognition vote among federal park workers
February 24, 2014By a 91-9 percent margin the Treasury Employees won union recognition among 1,300 National Park Service workers in the Washington, D.C., area.
Read moreUnions fight airline plan to enter U.S. on the cheap
February 24, 2014Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants' and pilots' jobs and pay.
Read moreAFL-CIO calls for restoration of the Voting Rights Act
February 20, 2014The AFL-CIO's executive council unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 19 calling for the passage of strong federal legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act.
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