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Obama draws praise for halting tar sands pipeline

January 20, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

Republican claims that they are trying to create jobs is ludicrous. The Republicans have done everything in their power to kill the jobs bills in Congress.

California’s single-payer health bill moves forward

January 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Backers of single-payer health care cheered as the California Universal Health Care Act passed from the Senate Appropriations Committee onto the Senate floor.

Labor maps legislative battle for 2012

January 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Even the jobless benefits bill, which both parties agree upon, is hung up by a partisan dispute over how to pay for the $150 billion measure.

Unions to world leaders: Choose “jobs” or “social collapse”

January 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The world's unions are delivering a strong message to international political and business leaders: Create jobs - millions of jobs - or face the consequences.

Trumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report

January 19, 2012 By John Wojcik

Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.