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Hundreds are headed to Washington, DC, to rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, February 27. The court will hear arguments on whether to strike Section Five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The landmark law banned racial gerrymandering and opened Southern polling places to millions of African-American voters during the Civil Rights movement. Section
Read moreCongress has until the end of the year to strike a deal avoiding across-the-board, mandatory spending cuts known as “sequestration” and a series of expiring tax measures. The so-called “fiscal cliff” threatens to prolong the Great Recession if Congress refuses to act. Trillion dollar cuts to the defense sector, alone, are expected to cost us
Read moreEconomists warn Americans are in for a triple threat as the White House and Congressional Republicans continue their standoff over a deal to curb the nation’s debt. On the clock are three critical deadlines: a $1.2 trillion sequestration is scheduled to take effect March 2, the government will run out of money to pay its
Read morePlans are underway for a massive rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 to oppose any change to a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned racial gerrymandering and opened Southern polling places to millions of African-American voters. The Supreme Court set Feb. 27 as the
Read moreMembers of Local 1681 in Edmonton, Alberta ratified a new collective agreement with Servisair Canada Incorporated. There are eight other collective agreements between the IAM and Servisair across Canada that due for renewal this year. “This is the first of nine agreements to be negotiated with Servisair this year and our goal is to improve
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