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Union Takes New Step To Combat Growing Hostility In Some States

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO on Tuesday launched a new advertising campaign to promote unions as a voice for all working people, a move that comes a...

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Collective Bargaining Battle Heating Up In Ohio

Patch.com | Chris Mazzolini | Posted 12.06.2011

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In March, Ohio GOP legislators passed Senate Bill 5, which drastically reduced the bargaining power of public employees' unions. Unionists and their D...

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Sam Stein

Elizabeth Warren Gains Labor Support For Prospective Senate Candidacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Massachusetts labor community appears to be coalescing around Elizabeth Warren's prospective Senate candidacy, with a regional arm o...

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Can The DNC and Our President Break Their Establishment Ties?

Pearl Korn | Posted 07.23.2011

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Pearl Korn

For the DNC to become relevant again, it needs to truly embrace that spirit of "change" from 2008 and support some real Progressives for Congress in 2012.

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Amanda Terkel

LISTEN: Biden Fires Up Union Activists: Organized Labor Keeps 'Barbarians From The Gate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Biden gave the Obama administration's most forceful statement of solidarity with organized labor in its current battles a...

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IGNORE The Wisconsin Protests and Instead LOOK OVER THERE! (video)

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Stein

Unions, Progressives Blast Administration For Pay Freeze Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's decision to support a two-year pay freeze on federal employees is sparking yet another wave of angst and eyeb...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Debated Over How Hard To Attack Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A massive mail campaign launched by the AFL-CIO this week was the subject of some debate within the ranks over how effective it would be for the union...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Sends Out Two Million Mailers; Blast Palin, Angle And Paul

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AFL-CIO is once again playing the role of campaign aggressor in the lead-up to the 2010 midterm elections, sending out more than two million maile...

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Obama-AFL-CIO Lovefest: Once Again, Labor Hopes President Will Prove Loyalty

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Despite their frustrations with the Obama administration and Democrats, union leaders desperately want to believe the president is on their side after all the resources they invested in his presidency.

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Sam Stein

$200 Million GOP Campaign Avalanche Planned, Democrats Stunned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past few weeks, top Democratic Party strategists have been passed a chart by a concerned, well-respected operative underscoring the daunting ...

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Say It Ain't So, Joe: Joe Biden Talks to Labor About Jobs

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert L. Borosage

In a speech to America's labor leaders, Joe Biden said that even if all goes well, the mass unemployment we now suffer -- with some 25 million unemployed or underemployed -- isn't going to get better soon.

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In Working-Class Pennsylvania, Union Reps and Football Stars Make Strong Case for Obama -- and Against McCain

Carl Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Davidson

Organized labor has set its sights on winning Western Pennsylvania for Barack Obama. AFL-CIO chief John Sweeny came to the IBEW Local 712 Hall in Va...

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Hillary Clinton Rallies Senior Citizens And Union Members For Obama In Pittsburgh

Barbara White Stack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara White Stack

Pittsburgh, PA--At an event billed "Hot Dogs with Hillary," it was inevitable that an animal reference would pop up, after all, this campaign has been...

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McCain's Social Security Plan Would Cut Benefits To People Who Already Paid For Them

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Herrington

The conventional wisdom is that higher taxes hurt the economy. There is no actual evidence of that. In fact if you plot tax rates against GDP, there is no observable correlation.

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Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

John McCain said something ridiculous to a reporter yesterday. I hasten to point out that the previous sentence should have been a major media headlin...

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