John Wojcik
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Health care reform poised to pass, 41 senators support public option
March 15, 2010The White House predicted today that the president's health care reform plan will pass the House this week and, in a related development, even the public option is looking like a very real possibility.
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Labor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
March 12, 2010Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining up to support the legislation which...
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Plan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
March 10, 2010CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
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Unions plan June conference to draw youth into labor movement
March 9, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The labor movement, determined to build its membership among the nation's youth, will sponsor a Young Leaders Conference this June in Washington.
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Labor has plan to make banks pay
March 8, 2010One of the most innovative labor proposals is for a financial transactions tax on Wall Street.
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Worker rights are key to economic recovery, union leaders say
March 5, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The economy cannot truly recover unless the United States moves out of "the dark ages" in the area of workers' rights, top labor leaders said here this week.
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Taking aim at Wall Street, labor launches Week of Action for jobs
March 4, 2010The nation's labor movement will hold picket lines and rallies in front of banks and financial institutions in 200 cities March 15-20, under the banner "Good Jobs Now, Make Wall Street Pay."
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Undaunted, labor builds a movement from the ground up
March 3, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. - The labor movement this week chose a neighborhood reeling from the economic crisis as its launching pad for a national campaign for jobs.
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