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Senate GOP defeats minimum wage hike
May 1, 2014The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.
Read moreWeak laws let whistleblower at Caterpillar plant hang out to dry
April 30, 2014A veteran UAW worker and safety committeeman at Caterpillar's big plant in Peoria, Ill. found out that federal job safety and health law protecting whistle-blowers is weak - very weak.
Read moreUnion offers hope for this student writer
April 29, 2014As a student writer I have faced challenges in finding work. Whether it's writing articles or finding an unrelated job to support myself, the odds are against people like me.
Read moreTeachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling
April 25, 2014NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.
Read moreCleveland workers protest Staples post office counters
April 25, 2014The Postal Service has set up U.S. mail service counters in 82 Staples stores throughout the country. The workers at those counters are non-union Staples employees, not union postal workers.
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