Labor
Union member wants to join the “workers’ club” in Congress
October 22, 2012Steven Horsford wants to be inducted into a very small group: members of Congress who are, like him, active union members.
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Indiana ‘right to work’ law headed for court showdown
October 22, 2012Indiana's newly enacted so-called "right to work" law, which deprives unions of money they need to represent workers, is headed for a showdown in state courts.
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Today in labor history: First school strike against corporal punishment
October 19, 2012Today in 1889, the first nationwide school strike against corporal punishment - in Great Britain - took place.
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Sensata workers, job losses, to star in new film
October 19, 2012The workers, who will lose their jobs to China thanks to Mitt Romney's Bain Capital, will star in a new film about their struggle.
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Calif. ballot measure would fund public education
October 19, 2012In a scenario possible only under California's bizarre budgeting process, the state's general services budget is now in the hands of a ballot measure to temporarily tax high personal incomes to fund education.
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