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Boeing gets $1700 for a $7 part

July 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

The Machinists union this morning called attention to a Defense Department audit that finds Boeing is overcharging the government by millions of dollars.

Kasich budget escalates class warfare

July 7, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Ohio Gov. John Kasich escalated his radical program of open class warfare last week with his new two-year budget.

For California’s farm workers, justice delayed

July 7, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

California Gov. Jerry Brown surprised many when he vetoed a law needed to ensure that farm workers could actually practice their rights.

Farm workers protest veto of Calif. card check bill

July 6, 2011 By John Wojcik

California's Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to use the card check method to unionize. Brown refused to meet with the farm workers and the 25 legislators that...

The meaning of Blair Mountain

July 6, 2011 By John Case

Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but coal operators pressed to have it removed in 2010.