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GOP launches “race to the bottom” for Michigan environment

July 27, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

"Racing to the bottom on environmental protection and worker safety isn't a jobs plan for Michigan," said Mark Schauer, national co-chair of the BlueGreen Alliance Jobs 21! campaign.

Finally, a new hospital rises in post-Katrina St. Bernard

July 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

The slowness to rebuild the health care system served the interests of those seeking to permanently remove poor people and many working families from the area, union leaders and others here say. Unions have taken up...

1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout

July 23, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...

Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Surprising voices say it’s time to “embrace” immigration

July 20, 2011 By John Rummel

At Monday's "Immigration and Michigan's Economic Future" conference, CEOs, foundation leaders, New York's mayor and Michigan's Republican governor all discussed the benefits of immigration.