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Sam Stein

Labor Ad Calls On Obama To Aid Health Care Workers With Whom He Campaigned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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The labor community is ramping up the pressure on Barack Obama to intervene in what could be drastic and costly wage cuts for health care employees in...

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Sam Stein

SEIU's Stern: Solis' Absence Hurt Workers On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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One of the nation's most prominent union leaders says that working Americans were deprived a voice during the debate over the stimulus package and hou...

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Sam Stein

Hilda Solis Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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One of the final members of President Obama's Cabinet, his nominee for Labor Secretary, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 80 to 17. ...

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Sam Stein

Solis To Be Confirmed By Up-Or-Down Vote Tuesday Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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The long and dramatic confirmation of Hilda Solis to serve as Labor Secretary is coming to an end tonight, it seems. Republicans in the Senate just ...

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Sam Stein

Unions Plan EFCA Push As Solis Nears Confirmation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, is set to be confirmed by the Senate a week from Tuesday. In the meantime, some...

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Sam Stein

Judd Gregg: Obama Takes Page From The Godfather

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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The appointment of Judd Gregg as the Secretary of Commerce has prompted a fair amount of head-scratching among Democrats. The New Hampshire Republica...

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Sam Stein

Middle Class Task Force: Obama, Biden Launch Plans For Working Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration announced the creation of a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families on Friday during a ceremony demonstrating...

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Obama Hosts Labor Leaders; Will Undo Bush Orders

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in...

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Sam Stein

Concern In Labor Community That Obama Won't Act On EFCA Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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There is a bubbling concern among officials in the labor community that Barack Obama will not act on their most cherished legislative item within the ...

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Sam Stein

SEIU: We Trust Obama To Spend Bailout Money Wisely

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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The head of the powerful Service Employees International Union said on Thursday that he trusts Barack Obama will use the bailout money transparently a...

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Obama Bringing Big Labor Together After Years Of Division

Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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The presidents of 12 of the nation's largest labor unions called Wednesday for reuniting the American labor movement, which split apart three and a ha...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Advances Employee Free Choice Battle With New Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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The AFL-CIO, one of the country's most powerful unions, has commissioned a new poll on the Employee Free Choice Act showing that their messaging on th...

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Unions Look For New Life Under Obama

New York Times | Steven Greenhouse | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

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Unions are looking to Barack Obama and rising economic anxiety to reverse organized labor's long slide. Through three decades of decline, union leade...

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Sam Stein

The Indefinable Barack Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama's appointment of Rep. Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor put an end to the preliminary process of crafting his economic team. It has been,...

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Sam Stein

Rosa DeLauro Unlikely To Be Labor Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Several sources have chimed in to say that DeLauro is not likely to get the nod for Labor Secretary. No explanations were offered, but the sou...

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Sam Stein

Obama Team Restates Strong Support For Union Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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An aide to Barack Obama reaffirmed the President-elect's support for the labor movement's chief legislative priority in a one-word statement issued to...

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Labor Chiefs Privately Plan Campaign To Pressure Obama

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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At a private meeting tomorrow in Washington, D.C., the most powerful and prominent leaders of the labor movement are planning to finalize the details ...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Launches Late Blitz For Obama, Releases Favorable Poll Numbers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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The AFL-CIO and its community affiliate Working America are launching a massive, late stage get-out-the-vote effort to ensure that as many union voter...

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Biden: McCain Helped Cripple Labor Movement

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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CASTLEWOOD, Va. — Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Saturday that Republican John McCain has helped President Bush destroy r...

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Max Follmer

Obama Wins Key Support Of Nevada's Largest Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Fresh from a second-place showing in the New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama won a key endorsement in Nevada Wednesday from the state's influential Cu...

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Obama Camp Calls Unions "Special Interests"

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has always excited big Labor and other Democratic constituencies, even if they weren't necessarily ready to endorse him for the presidenc...

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