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Missouri groups fight anti-equality bills

February 17, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - "The Republicans want to undermine and turn back the clock on equal rights," state Rep. Karla May told activists and reporters as they packed into a state Capitol hearing room.

Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on GOP gov’s anti-union package

February 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg And Dominique Paul Noth

MADISON, Wis. - Even among this year's new wave of Republican governors, Wisconsin's Scott Walker sticks out for his anti-union, anti-state worker legislative package.

Taking care of dad in the tea party’s America

February 9, 2011 By Paul White

When I stopped into a local fast food restaurant after church, the woman behind the counter explained with tears in her eyes why she had to bring her father to work with her.

Shop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more

January 22, 2011 By John Wojcik

Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'

Health reform begins to affect union members covered on the job

January 21, 2011 By Don McIntosh

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, signed into law March 23, 2010, by Democratic President Barack Obama, is starting to affect health insurance plans that union members and their families are...