social security
Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare
October 25, 2013LAS 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.
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Ohio unionists want a march to protect Social Security
October 21, 2013"Retirees are sick and tired of being scapegoats for these politicians in Washington. Social Security recipients and pensioners have already been hit hard."
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How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?
October 10, 2013There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.
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Republicans plunge nation into government shutdown
October 1, 2013"Repeal the job-killing sequester," Richard Trumka declared. "Protect food aid for the poor. And create jobs and raise hundreds of billions of dollars to invest in our future by ending tax subsidies for outsourcing."
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Social Security turns 78
August 14, 2013President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits.
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