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UAW faces attacks like never before, says Gettelfinger
June 14, 2010The UAW and its workers have been through a tumultuous period, as the 75-year-old union meets this week in Detroit.
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In Texas, $18 billion in hole, yet governor lives luxury life
June 14, 2010DALLAS -- While the Republicans hold their convention here, the Texas AFL-CIO held a press conference to highlight that these "fiscal conservatives" have dropped the state into an $18 billion deficit hole.
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Your mailman searches for the ghosts of Tom and Joe
June 14, 2010Today a young couple with two kids told me a sad story: they are giving their house, a house they had built just eight years ago, back to the bank.
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Pressure mounts on BP to pay claims and curb gusher
June 14, 2010President Obama is back in the Gulf of Mexico for a two-day tour followed by a national prime-time TV address Tuesday, June 15, on the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history.
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California primary reveals anti-corporate currents
June 14, 2010The June primary election, which brought mixed results, revealed deep anti-corporate and anti-establishment political cross currents among California voters.
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