Barb Kucera
LATEST ARTICLES BY Barb Kucera
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Labor
SEIU leader: Americans, South Africans face similar challenges
October 25, 2011It appears both the U.S. and South Africa are discussing simliar issues such as rising income inequality and the challenges of advancing a progressive agenda.
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Labor
Locked-out workers take message to Crystal Sugar’s doorstep
August 15, 2011More than 600 locked out sugar workers and supporters rallied outside the headquarters of American Crystal Sugar August 11, demanding an end to the lockout.
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U.S.
Minnesota unions await details of deal to end shutdown
July 15, 2011The two sides were at an impasse over how to resolve a $5 billion deficit for the budget period that started July 1.
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U.S.
Minnesota government shutdown puts thousands out of work
July 1, 2011Minnesota's sluggish economy, struggling to recover from the recession, will be rocked by the layoffs of 23,000 state employees and thousands of others.
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Labor
Labor law enforcer: “I’m not dead yet!”
April 7, 2011Collective bargaining remains one of the few effective ways to preserve the American middle class, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board says.
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U.S.
Aid to workers hurt by outsourcing to end
February 15, 2011The federal program that has helped hundreds of thousands of workers get back on their feet after their jobs went overseas could soon disappear due to an error by Congress.
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U.S.
Minnesota experience may offer solution for ‘jobless recovery’
November 27, 2009When President Obama convenes a White House forum Dec. 3 to consider ways to create jobs, he should ponder a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the 1980s.
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Labor
Unions seek a new definition of liberty health care for all
July 6, 2009When the founding fathers (and mothers) declared their goals of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” did they mean to include health care? This Fourth of July holiday, many unions and citizens are saying yes....
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