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Labor
Workers mobilize vs. GOP budgets’ pension, pay cut schemes
March 24, 2015Members of federal workers and postal employee unions mobilized against Republican budget schemes that would - again - cut their pay.
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Labor
W. Va. GOP legislature passes, Dem. governor signs anti-worker bill
March 24, 2015"Today marks the first time in West Virginia history that our state officially reduced safety standards for coal miners."
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Arts
Rep. Connolly won’t scab for “Sharknado 3”
March 20, 2015"I cannot be a party to the firing of a film crew seeking unionization, or its replacement with scab labor."
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Labor
NLRB chair defends agency as GOP-run house tries to overturn new union election rules
March 20, 2015"The board remains committed to the critical work of this agency and fully carrying out the law."
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Labor
Progressive think tank backs Obama crackdown on federal contractors
March 10, 2015Facing hostility of big business and the GOP, a progressive think-tank went to bat to defend President Obama's cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws.
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Labor
GOP House panel OK’s partisan rewrite of education law
February 20, 2015"In reality, it would rob poor and struggling students of the resources, supports, and funding they need to succeed."
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Labor
Nissan rejects offer to mediate Mississippi dispute with UAW
February 9, 2015The car firm claimed that "entering mediation over issues raised might violate U.S. national labor law."
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Labor
Illinois legislature Democrats vow to protect workers
February 5, 2015The first scheme they plan to stop is any Republican effort to impose a so-called "right to work" law in the Land of Lincoln.
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