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GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed
January 17, 2014Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.
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Trumka adds infrastructure to AFL-CIO legislative priority list
January 17, 2014Richard Trumka is adding reconstruction of U.S. infrastructure - and creation of tens of thousands of well-paying jobs doing so - to the federation's priority list.
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Today in labor history: Leonard Woodcock born
January 16, 2014Leonard Woodcock was born to Ernest Woodcock and Margaret Freel in Providence, R.I. in February 15, 1911.
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Puerto Rican teachers strike to oppose attack on pensions
January 16, 2014Thousands of elementary and secondary school teachers in Puerto Rico carried out a two day strike to protest a raid on their pension plans.
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Oklahoma LGBT activists with a potential big win
January 16, 2014A change such as this in the constitution to one of the "Bible Belt" states shows continued momentum from the progress that was made in 2013.
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