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Obama goes head-to-head with gun lobby

January 16, 2013 By Susan Webb

President Obama called on the American public to demand measures to curb gun violence.

CWA loses union recognition vote at American

January 16, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The Communications Workers have lost the union recognition vote by the narrow margin of 161 votes out of almost 6,000 cast.

Under pressure GOP dumps “poison pills” from Sandy aid

January 16, 2013 By PAI

The Republican-run House Rules Committee decided not to invite more confrontations over GOP reluctance to aid the millions of victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Illinois governor waging war on public service workers

January 16, 2013 By Anders Lindall And Clyde Weiss

The rights of public service workers seem to be of no consequence to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.

Protest immigration raid vs. workers standing up for rights

January 16, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Don't look now, but the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency may be back to its old tricks.