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Artists and screen actors take steps toward merging unions

May 17, 2011 By Blake Skylar

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild took a step toward merging when AFTRA's board of directors met today by videoconference in Los Angeles and New York.

Wisconsin voter ID bill slammed as vote suppression

May 17, 2011 By John Wojcik

State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt called it "an attempt to block the recall of unpopular GOP senators and to suppress turnout among constituencies who may tend to vote Democratic."

Unemployment insurance under attack

May 17, 2011 By Art Perlo

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and in a number of states are out to kill, or at least cripple, unemployment insurance.

Dangerous bacteria found on meat in Michigan, and nationwide

May 17, 2011 By Susan Webb

Meat samples from Detroit-area supermarkets contained antibiotic-resistant Staphlococcus aurea bacteria, scientists at Wayne State University reported this week. But it's not just Michigan.

Gov. Brown presents new Calif. budget

May 17, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Calling the economy "not as good as it's been, but definitely on the mend," California Governor Jerry Brown released a revised budget proposal.