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Votes still being counted as Trump falsely claims victory
November 04, 2020Biden pulling ahead by slim margins in key states not yet called.
Read moreSupreme Court guts what’s left of the Voting Rights Act
July 01, 2021In a 6-3 ruling, it upholds two racist Arizona voting laws; activists say they are not giving up the fight.
Read moreObama to address AFL-CIO convention
September 04, 2009President Obama will speak at the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh on Sept. 15, the White House announced yesterday. The speech will once again dramatize the new relationship between the labor movement and the Oval Office, following as it does, private meetings, bill signings and other ceremonies to which the president has invited many of the nation's top labor leaders.
Read moreHealth public option springs back to life
February 17, 2010A group of influential Democratic senators called yesterday on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the public option in the reconciliation process on health care reform.
Read moreOhio governor backtracks on union stripping bill
August 18, 2011Unions say that the historic petition drive and a late July Quinnipiac poll showing voters favoring repeal are likely explanations.
Read moreJudge orders Wis. Capitol open to protesters
March 01, 2011A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Gov. Scott Walker, which effectively reopens the Capitol to demonstrators who the governor tried to keep out today.
Read moreWisconsin protesters: You couldn’t wait us out, so, you locked us out!
March 04, 2011One nurse summed up the legal victory to keep Wisconsin state Capitol open: "What Walker has done is sad. So we came dressed for a funeral but we are ready to dance. We expect that we will win this battle."
Read morePublic service union leader urges Boehner to cool violent rhetoric
March 18, 2011AFSCME president Gerald McEntee has called upon the House Speaker John Boehner to "stop using violent metaphors and demonizing public employees."
Read moreWisconsin GOP pushes bill to slow down recall
November 02, 2011In a sneak attack on the democratic rights of the voters to recall elected officials, the Republicans are proposing a bill that would force petition gatherers, who already have to certify each petition they collect, to have those certifications notarized.
Read moreTrumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report
January 19, 2012Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.
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