Labor
GOP’s Lamar Alexander, catering to right, tries axing Davis-Bacon
August 4, 2014In an obvious bid to cater to the radical right, Sen. Lamar Alexander launched a bid to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.
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July unemployment rate doesn’t reflect truth about joblessness
August 4, 2014While 131,000 people found jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the number of unemployed people rose by 197,000 to 9.67 million.
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GOP filibuster kills Bring the Jobs Home bill
August 1, 2014Once again, a Senate Republican filibuster killed a pro-worker bill, the Bring The Jobs Home Act, to extend tax credits to firms which do just that.
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AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
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Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November
July 31, 2014"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."
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