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Groups fight to remove Cuba from “terrorism sponsors” list

March 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers

A consortium of organizations announced a new push to get Cuba taken off the State Department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list.

The Congressional crisis calendar countdown

February 27, 2013 By Art Perlo

For two years, we have had continual crises with debt ceilings, budget resolutions, and really big scary numbers.

Labor mobilizes to save Voting Rights Act

February 27, 2013 By John Wojcik

Voting rights were high on the agenda of the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting February 27 as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to Section 5 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Labor leaders demand Senate action on NLRB

February 27, 2013 By John Wojcik

As expected, the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement Feb. 26 on the ongoing attempt by anti-worker politicians and their corporate sponsors to destroy the National Labor Relations Board

AFL-CIO to squeeze Senate Dems on NLRB

February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik

"We have decided," said Larry Cohen, president of CWA, "that in today's America it is unacceptable that we cannot fill the position on a labor board designed to protect the rights of American workers."