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Citing public safety concerns, Red Cross workers strike

February 15, 2012 By Rick Nagin

The strike was provoked by the agency's insistence on an "irresponsible" health care plan and a speed-up drive that compromises the safety of blood donors.

Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders

February 14, 2012 By John Wojcik

The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.

Environmental groups unite to stop Keystone XL

February 14, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Aactivist group 350 called on everyone to send half a million messages to the Senate by the end of the day demanding "back the President and make sure this pipeline doesn't get built."

AFL-CIO: Republicans voted almost 100% wrong on labor issues

February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The party cleavage was stark in the GOP-run House last year on key votes. Unions use the AFL-CIO figures as part of their evaluations when deciding, locally, whether to support or oppose an incumbent lawmaker.

Labor groups defend different pieces of national health care law

February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the national health care revision law yet to fully take effect, but under challenge before the Supreme Court, six labor organizations have stepped forward, four of them joining other groups, to defend different parts of...