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Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties

November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.

The GOP doesn’t care about hungry families

November 17, 2010 By PW Editorial Board

One in four children are in danger of going hungry every night says the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a new report on “food insecurity.”

House GOP freshman: I want my government health care, now!

November 16, 2010 By John Wojcik

"This is the only employer I've ever worked for where you don't get coverage the first day you are employed," the right-wing GOP representative-elect said.

Congress urged to pass paycheck fairness, equality bills

November 16, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights released a list of six priority bills Congress should enact before recessing for Thanksgiving.

Republicans target labor

November 16, 2010 By Scott Marshall

Before the dust had settled on the 2010 elections, the Chamber of Commerce, the corporate-secret-donor political action committees and the far right began to move into attack mode against the labor movement. After all, they expect...