Elections
Missouri labor gears up for elections
July 1, 2010"We represent the workers of this state," Labor Council President Bob Soutier told union leaders and political candidates here at a Labor 2010 Kick-off meeting.
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Chavez-Thompson energizes labor
June 28, 2010The governor's race may get the highest media profile and the most campaign donations, but it's Linda Chavez-Thompson for Texas Lieutenant Governor that really puts fire underneath union activists.
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Organized unity in action needed, says labor leader
June 22, 2010"Organized, mobilized unity in action - that is what will save the ordinary American," Stewart Acuff, of the Utility Workers' Union of America, told a packed Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board meeting here June 18.
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A cautionary tale
June 18, 2010Sometimes we can learn lessons from our adversaries, and here's one we need to heed.
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GOP reeling from Barton’s “shakedown”
June 18, 2010WASHINGTON-- Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex, has plunged the Republican Party into turmoil with his blurted apology to the CEO of BP for what he called President Obama's "shakedown" of the oil giant, possibly changing the midterm...
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