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Why do Republicans not care about big business's threat to our health and earth?
I missed writing a column on Earth Day, so I will writing this one about threats to our health and environment. The fertilizer plant in West, Texas (south of Dallas) had http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-
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Chris Dorner, suggest that killing: “The Wicked LAPD” was a necessary evil he didn’t enjoy…
Mr. Dorner testified to investigators about another officer who might have done something brutal on one of their citizens. One thing is for sure they could have kept it departmental issue but did not have to fire Mr. Dorner, which
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Detroit city workers face furloughs
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 4 months ago
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Non-union employees in Detroit face furloughs starting Feb. 1 under a plan passed Friday by the City Council as it struggles with a $90 million deficit. The bill, which was approved 6-3, would affect 625 members of the staffs of the council and Mayor
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Opposing the Corporate Plutocracy and Restoring American Democracy
Unions have negotiated for better wages, benefits and working conditions for their members since their inception. While these are important issues for workers, the growing influence of investors has eroded the gains made by
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Unions save thousands of jobs in Philadelphia region!
With the closing of Sunoco refineries, Conoco Philips refineries in the Philadelphia region, thousands of local good paying jobs were expected to dissapear. Sunoco claimed that the refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa and the Philadelphia refinery
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Unions look for benefits from Obama re-election
Bogotá :: Colombia | 5 months ago
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FoxNews.com Going into his second term, President Obama may find himself more beholden than ever to America's labor unions, even as their membership continues to decline -- lately, to just 11.8 percent of the workforce. The unions, as in 2008,
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Spending large sums in state labor battles adds to unions' problem of losing members
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 5 months ago
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FoxNews.com U.S. labor unions dealing with a steady decline in membership are now faced with the additional challenge of having to spend millions to fight Republican-backed, anti-union efforts. The unions remain politically powerful, having helped
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LETTER: Relieve unions of 'freeloaders'
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 5 months ago
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Relieve unions of 'freeloaders' Posted December 23, 2012 at 3 a.m. Ron Penfield, Evansville Relieve unions of 'freeloaders' Michigan has become the 24th state to relieve workers from forced union membership by passing right-to-work legislation. Time
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Unions and "Democracy"
Millinocket :: ME :: USA | 5 months ago
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We all know that in a democracy, sometimes things go your way, and sometimes they don't...For example, many conservatives were disappointed in the results of last month's elections. Despite high unemployment, sluggish economic growth and an unpopular
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Right-to-work Nevada a rare bright spot for labor
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 5 months ago
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The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a building near the Stratosphere casino. That's the home of Culinary Workers Local 226, a fast-growing union of hotel and casino employees that has thrived despite
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