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Read moreAn op-ed published in the New York Times this week reveals GOP attempts to double-cross American voters – particularly, the unemployed. “Last year, Republicans refused to renew unemployment benefits unless the high-end Bush-era tax cuts were preserved,” reads the article. “After the White House agreed to keep the tax cuts through 2012, they agreed to
Read moreLegislation has been introduced in the House and Senate that would require employers with 15 or more employees to provide workers with up to seven days paid sick leave. The proposed Healthy Families Act has been introduced in Congress several times since 2004. The bills, introduced last week in the Senate by Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Read moreThe right-wing screech-fest over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against Boeing is reaching circus-like proportions, with conservative commentators and Republican presidential candidates competing to see who can make the most outrageous and incendiary remarks about the case. The always reliable anti-union demagogue from South Carolina, Republican Senator James DeMint, blasted the complaint against
Read moreFrom left to right: Bee Fugate, Barbara Tudela, Ron Jackson, Lalia Valdez, Vilma Santos, Paula Segal, Cynthia Iverson, Laurel Baker, Jack Hegg, Marvin Fernandez and Linda Hiton Santos An enthusiastic group of IAM-Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants visited the IAM’s Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland to help coordinate resources for the upcoming representation election.
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