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Ohio unions back fired teacher Carla Hale, LGBT rights

July 1, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

Organized labor has weighed in on the side of LGBT rights in central Ohio, starting with the strong support given to discharged teacher Carla Hale.

Today in labor history: Stonewall sparks gay rights movement

June 28, 2013 By John Wojcik

Forty four years ago today the Stonewall demonstrations broke out in New York City,

Obama talks clean energy jobs, LA launches solar rooftop program

June 28, 2013 By Blake Skylar

President Obama included job creation in his climate change speech June 25, while Los Angeles launched the largest-ever urban solar rooftop program.

Texas “women power” blocks anti-abortion bill

June 28, 2013 By Kelly Sinclair

AUSTIN, Texas - A severe anti-abortion bill went down to defeat June 25 thanks in part to a 10-hour filibuster by state Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth.

Union leaders hail court dumping of DOMA

June 28, 2013 By Press Associates

WASHINGTON (PAI) - Union leaders hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to throw out the Defense of Marriage Act, the anti-gay law a Republican-run Congress railroaded through, and which then-President Bill Clinton signed.