social security
GOP wants government to turn its back on us
August 30, 2012The Republican Party's 2012 platform is so radical it would have the government "turn its back on its citizens" and trash every-thing from veterans' health care to food safety inspections, a top union leader says.
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Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2012On this day in1935 FDR signed the first Social Security Act into law. In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank...
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GOP budget bombs at town halls
April 17, 2012At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.
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Trumka explains why workers must back Obama
March 16, 2012"As president, Barack Obama has placed his faith in America's working men and women to lead our country to economic recovery and to our full potential as a nation," Richard Trumka said during the AFL-CIO Executive...
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GOP caves, Congress passes jobless benefits extension
January 2, 2012Congress finally passed a two-month extension of long-term unemployment benefits and a Social Security payroll tax cut for workers.
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