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Labor to mobilize 400,000 volunteers for 2012 elections

August 3, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO's executive council gave final approval to a plan to deploy at least 400,000 union members to work on the re-election of President Obama.

Labor, community groups to launch campaign against GOP on taxes

August 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The GOP-led House on August 1 rejected extending Democratic-proposed tax cuts for the middle class.

Supporters rally for striking Houston janitors in 17 cities

August 2, 2012 By John Wojcik

Support for striking Houston janitors mushroomed all over the country yesterday.

Court kills, for now, NLRB attempt to speed union elections

August 1, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

A federal district judge in D.C. has turned down the request to reconsider and reverse his prior ruling.

Houston church, NAACP support striking janitors

July 31, 2012 By Mark Simpson

Ada Edwards, a former Houston city councilor, spoke along with the pastor at St. John's Methodist Church. When you win, we all win, she told the hundreds of workers at the rally.