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AFL-CIO head: If you’re not supporting us we won’t support you
May 20, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he supports unions taking an independent political approach in their fight to build the power of workers.
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Mine safety chief: “Some still aren’t getting it”
May 20, 2011The Mine Safety and Health Administration has found another mine with the same types of violations that caused 29 deaths last year.
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Baltimore residents push for restoration of funding for youth jobs
May 20, 2011Scores of citizens weighed in on Baltimore's preliminary fiscal year 2012 budget before members of the City Council.
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War crimes and the bombing of Libya
May 20, 2011Are we being dragged into a war whose means violate the Geneva Conventions? It is hard not to answer that question in anything but the affirmative.
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Republican filibuster blocks Obama nominee Liu
May 20, 2011A longstanding struggle over confirmation of Goodwin Liu, nominated as an appellate court judge by President Obama, suffered a Republican filibuster.
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