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Let the nation own Big 3

November 25, 2008 By Norma Jeanne Strobel And Ralph Shaffer

When H. Gaylord Wilshire sought the Southern California congressional seat in 1890, he ran on a very simple platform: 'Let the Nation own the trust.' The part time farmer and full time reformer was responding to...

A letter to my brother Newt Gingrich

November 25, 2008

From Huffington Post Dear Newt, I recently had the displeasure of watching you bash the protestors of the Prop 8 marriage ban to Bill O'Reilly on FOX News. I must say, after years of watching you...

AFTs Weingarten puts everything but vouchers on the table

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON (PAI)--In her first major policy address since being elected President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten put “everything but vouchers” on the bargaining table--including merit pay and tenure--as long as the results help...

Bushs Midnight Rules include weaker family leave, longer driving hours for truckers

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON (PAI)--Call them the “Midnight Rules.” In haste, and to meet legal deadlines, the GOP Bush regime pushed through approximately 90 pro-business federal rules before Nov. 22, trying to lock them in so the incoming Obama...

Fight for working people has just begun, labor leaders say

November 23, 2008

To turn economy around, more union members are necessary WASHINGTON, D.C. – When you approach the building that houses the national offices of the AFL-CIO in the shadow of the Washington Monument here the first thing...