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Congress 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 moreNorth Carolina’s Republican Governor Pat McCrory signed a law this week to sharply cut benefits for jobless workers, saying the measure marked an important step toward “fixing” the state’s unemployment insurance system. The law cuts maximum weekly benefits to $350 from $535 and caps benefits at 12 to 20 weeks, depending on the unemployment rate,
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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