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Czech elections: Communists advance but protest candidates steal the show

October 28, 2013 By Emile Schepers

What Babiš and his party actually stand for, other than the fact that they don't like Social Democrats, Communists, and taxes, is by no means clear.

Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare

October 25, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

LAS VEGAS - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has put lawmakers on notice to stick by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face labor opposition at the polls next year.

Senate to vote Oct. 28 on Griffin for top NLRB enforcement job

October 24, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The Senate is scheduled to vote late on Oct. 28 on Obama's nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.

Thousands rally to ‘take back Chicago’ from wealthy

October 16, 2013 By John Bachtell

This is a city of polarizing contrasts: a gleaming downtown of corporate offices subsidized by taxpayers while working class neighborhoods are neglected.

Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown

October 11, 2013 By John Wojcik

Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.