John Rummel
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Rummel
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U.S.
President Obama: Unions key to economic recovery
September 6, 2011The president of the United States, the nation's labor leaders and one of America's cultural icons teamed up here on Labor Day to boost the labor movement, which they said is crucial to any economic revovery.
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U.S.
Family hopeful after deportation delay
September 1, 2011A few hours after Wednesday's press conference to protest the Friday deportation of Florencio Avila Cachu, word was received the case will be reviewed.
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Opinion
Michigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible
August 30, 2011Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.
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Labor
Michigan labor ready to march on Labor Day, win in 2012
August 25, 2011With a Republican governor and Republican-controlled legislature, Labor Day Mobilization Luncheon took on special significance.
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U.S.
Emergency manager cuts endanger Detroit schools
August 17, 2011Ten thousand Detroit Public Schools teachers and support staff are quickly finding out how undemocratic Michigan's emergency manager law is.
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U.S.
Where auto history was made, calls to “Retool for Peace”
August 11, 2011The only reminder that manufacturing once took place here is a historic marker in front of the shuttered building.
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U.S.
Immigrant rights leaders demand accountability, not “whitewash”
August 4, 2011Even though officers in tinted-glass SUVs surrounded the Hope of Detroit Academy elementary school, playground and adjacent church, ICE's investigation found no wrongdoing.
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Labor
Auto workers face tough battle in contract talks
August 1, 2011With the current contract set to expire, contract negotiations for the 110,000 members of the United Auto Workers at Ford, GM and Chrysler opened.
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