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AFSCME reports earlier Wisconsin, Ohio battles sharply boosted 2012 turnout

November 12, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Battles over collective bargaining rights for state and local government workers sharply boosted overall labor enthusiasm and turnout in those two states this year.

Labor pushing hard in final days before election

November 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Organized labor's final election push turned to get-out-the-vote and voter protection.

Mother Nature shakes up presidential elections

November 6, 2012 By Juan Lopez

Last week Mother Nature fired a warning shot across the bow of American politics.

Unions warn about phony emails and other voting problems

November 6, 2012 By John Wojcik

Union activists at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and the state's Service Employees International Union say that African American voters here are the targets of emails warning them not to vote the "straight Democratic" ticket because it supposedly...

Mitt Romney: the empty suit clueless about the empty chair

October 16, 2012 By Leo Gerard

Billy Koehler died on March 7, 2009, for lack of health insurance. Mitt Romney said on Oct. 10, 2012, that's impossible.