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Two big city mayors oppose paid sick leave
April 8, 2013Two big-city mayors, New York's Michael Bloomberg and Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, are strongly opposing paid sick leave for private-sector workers in their cities.
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Today in labor history: Congress approves landmark WPA
April 8, 2013On April 8, 1935, with the nation in the depths of the Depression, Congress voted to approve the Works Progress Administration.
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The Cuban Revolution began in 1959
April 8, 2013One thing is apparent to anyone who has studied Cuban society as Esteban Morales has: the subject of racism is far from "taboo" in Cuba.
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AFL-CIO, Chamber reach tentative deal on guest workers
April 8, 2013"From making sure citizenship for the 11 million is achievable not only in theory, but in fact, to maintaining family unity, the labor movement's immigration campaign is just getting started."
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Two tales of jackpots and taxes
April 8, 2013Our nation's tax experts no longer think about taxes as a tool for combating our "undue concentration of wealth." They see taxes as a matter of raising revenue.
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