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DNC union delegates lobby colleagues for workers rights
September 6, 2012Hundreds of union members, delegates to the Democratic National Convention, fanned out among their colleagues bearing little orange cards, talking about union rights.
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Text of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s speech to the DNC
September 6, 2012Besides Trumka, Auto Workers President Bob King and Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry also addressed the convention.
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UAW’s King praises Obama’s ‘moral courage’ in auto firm rescue
September 6, 2012In a Sept. 5 prime time speech to the Democratic National Convention, King said Obama went against popular sentiment when he constructed the rescue plan for the two firms.
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Obama praised for creating 4.5 million jobs
September 6, 2012"For almost 20 years I have been a proud member of UAW Local 1112; thanks to President Obama, I still am."
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Romney repeats Republican lies
August 31, 2012Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the GOP convention here Aug. 30 confirmed once again his apparent decision to lie his way into the presidency of the United States.
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