Elections
Close race for Weiner’s Congress seat
September 13, 2011Democrats are making a last minute push today, the day of the special election in New York's 9th Congressional District, where the surprisingly embattled Democratic candidate David Weprin is predicted to lose Republican Bob Turner.
Read moreRetiree group working to get seniors to back Obama
September 12, 2011The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.
Read moreConnecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012
September 8, 2011This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.
Read moreOhio Republican forced to retract voter supression threat
August 31, 2011Facing calls by area members of Congress for a Justice Department investigation, Secretary of State John Husted retracted a threat not to process mail ballot applications sent to voters by the Cuyahoga County government.
Read moreCompanies continue attack on national labor board
August 29, 2011Unions, led by the Teamsters, the Laborers, the United Food and Commercial Workers, and the AFL-CIO, strongly backed the National Labor Relations Board's recent proposal to change union recognition election procedures.
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