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SEIU, Jobs with Justice to push higher minimum wage

July 19, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The Service Employees and Jobs With Justice joined a last-minute campaign to get Congress to raise the minimum wage.

AFL-CIO: Call senators today to pass Bring Jobs Home Act

July 18, 2012 By Susan Webb

The AFL-CIO and other backers are urging the public to contact their senators immediately to tell them to vote "yes" on the bill.

New Study: Romney tax plan would kill 800,000 jobs

July 17, 2012 By John Wojcik

Mitt Romney's tax plan would reward companies for exporting more U.S. jobs as well as encouraging the firms to duck taxes.

Ship products not jobs, say Detroiters

July 11, 2012 By John Rummel

The still active Detroit Port on the Detroit River is where union members and city residents rallied yesterday.

During outbreak, Florida shuts only TB facility

July 11, 2012 By Dan Margolis

One could be forgiven for thinking that shuttering state's only tuberculosis center during the worst outbreak in 20 years isn't a particularly good idea.