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A labor convention like no others opens in Pittsburgh
September 18, 2009PITTSBURGH - A labor convention different in more ways than one from any prior gathering of the labor movement in U.S. history opened here yesterday.
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Two of top three posts go to women in AFL-CIO election
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH -- In a session packed with emotion, delegates to the 26th AFL-CIO Convention yesterday elected a historic leadership team. Two women, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker join the new president, Richard Trumka, as the federation's top three leaders.
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Sixteen arrested in W.Va. after 11,000 march on Patriot Coal
April 02, 2013The actions, organized by UMWA, were in support of the union's campaign to save health care for retired miners and win better wages, benefits and working conditions for miners on the job.
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Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
June 30, 2009The Supreme Court today ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In a blow to affirmative action the court, in a 5-4 ruling, said New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on...
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Trump team conducts Theatre of the Absurd in the Capitol
January 28, 2020Star TV lawyer Dershowitz says abuse of power, no matter how bad, is not a reason for impeachment.
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October 02, 2009The House votes to extend unemployment compensation.
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Obama draws line in the sand on Bush tax cuts for the rich
July 28, 2010President Obama vowed at a closed-door White House meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday, July 27, that Democrats will end the Bush tax cuts for the rich and continue the middle class tax cuts they enacted last year.
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Right wing woes grow in Wisconsin
March 17, 2011Republican elected officials have a lot to worry about as voters increasingly turn away from them in disgust.
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Wisconsin gears up for Scott Walker recall
October 12, 2011The recall elections for Wis. state senators this summer may end up looking like small potatoes when compared to the massive campaign to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker some time next spring.
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Republicans fear Ryan pick could sink GOP
August 14, 2012Congressional Republicans aren't admitting it, but they are nervous as hell about Paul Ryan being the party's VP nominee.
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