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Lawmakers introduce bill to renegotiate NAFTA or dump it
January 9, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--Reps. Nancy Boyda (D-Kansas), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and five others have introduced legislation ordering the government to renegotiate the controversial U.S.-Mexico-Canada “free trade” treaty, NAFTA. If bargaining fails, their bill orders the U.S. to dump...
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Unemployment jumps to 5 percent;Thousands of jobs lost in construction, manufacturing
January 9, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--The nation’s unemployment rate ended 2007 by jumping 0.3 percent in December to 5 percent, 0.1 percent higher than in December 2006. Almost 500,000 more people lost their jobs last month. Factories and construction shed...
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Federal worker unions win big in defense bill
January 9, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)—Federal workers and their unions racked up two big wins in what is, for now, the final version of the Defense Department’s authorization bill. The measure, which the Democratic-run House sent to anti-worker GOP President...
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Organizing the unorganized: What do you do if they need unions but they’re not interested?
January 9, 2008SILVER SPRING, Md. (PAI)—In all the discussion at the two-day AFL-CIO-sponsored conference on organizing worldwide, there was at least one big topic that went almost unmentioned: what do you, an organizer, do if you see that...
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Obama double digit lead in New Hamphire: Another win for the politics of hope
January 8, 2008Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has surged to a double digit lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire and seems sure to best the New York senator in this latest contest for the Democratic nominee for the...
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