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    Nov 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Democrats risk taxing the wealthy for healthcare

    Amid all of the uncertainties about how healthcare legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more affluent would pay higher taxes.
    Amid all of the uncertainties about how healthcare legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more affluent would pay higher taxes. Embracing the progressive -- and sometimes politically risky -- principle that the cost of carrying...

    Tags: Employees, National Government, Medicare, Judd Gregg, Insurance

  2. Nov 18, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  3. PROMISES, PROMISES: Government dallies on security rules for US, foreign aircraft repair shops

    Associated Press Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years after the 9/11 attacks brought a new focus on security at airplane maintenance facilities — and six years after Congress first required action — the government still hasn't tightened its vigilance....

    Tags: Interior Policy, Employees, National Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unions

  4. Nov 11, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  5. Legislators close to SunRail deal

    After two embarrassing defeats, the SunRail commuter train could be on the verge of winning approval in the state Legislature.
    Sentinel Staff Writers
    After two embarrassing defeats, the SunRail commuter train could be on the verge of winning approval in the state Legislature. Supporters are lining up votes and drafting a bill for a special session that could be held in Tallahassee during the week of...

    Tags: National Government, Dan Gelber, Charles Crist, Government, Executive Branch

  6. Nov 1, 2009 |Story| Hartford Courant
  7. Unions: Trying To Get Workers' Clout Back

    Does anyone care about labor anymore? Richard Trumka, the AFL-CIO's longtime secretary-treasurer, was recently elevated to president of America's largest labor federation. He now leads a confederation of 11.5 million workers, a membership bigger than the...

    Tags: Employees, National Government, Emergency Planning, Ronald Reagan, Unions

  8. Nov 1, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  9. My Word: Union alliance not quality issue

    In the Orlando Sentinel article, "Proposed train projects: Will new jobs sway opinions?" on Tuesday, reporter Dan Tracy shared the history of why the AFL-CIO has opposed SunRail and worked to defeat the commuter rail in the face of bipartisan support. He...

    Tags: Rich Crotty, Employees, Employers, Economic Policy, Corrine Brown

  10. Nov 1, 2009 |Story| Allentown Morning Call
  11. In Your Town: November 1, 2009

    LEHIGH COUNTY ALLENTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT will hold a memorial service for Axel, an Allentown Police dog, who succumbed to cancer on Oct. 22. K-9 Axel was eight years old and served the department with his handler, K-9 Sgt. John Hill, for more than six...

    Tags: Cancer, Lafayette College, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Death and Dying

  12. Nov 1, 2009 |Column| Orlando Sentinel
  13. Washington's ultimatum on commuter rail puts plans on track

    Central Florida's two-year fight to roll its commuter-rail plans through Tallahassee may be almost over. Two weeks ago, Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater and other legislators went to Washington to hear that Florida must jump-start the $1.2 billion,...

    Tags: Dan Gelber, Lobbying, CSX Corporation, Dining and Drinking, Lawyers

  14. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Building an NFL stadium for L.A.; fired up over the marijuana debate; Hamid Karzai's 'victory'

    Play by the rules Re “Political football,” Opinion, Oct. 29 Unlike Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), I hate football. That does not stop me from agreeing with his criticism of bypassing California's environmental laws to build the City...

    Tags: Employees, Interior Policy, Steve Cooley, Sales, Hospitals and Clinics

  16. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Hola Hoy
  17. Sindicato inmigrantes acusa a México de indiferencia ante asesinato activista

    Washington, 4 nov (EFE).- El sindicato de trabajadores agrícolasmigrantes de AFL-CIO denunció hoy ante la CIDH que el Gobierno deMéxico "parece no querer actuar" ante el "caso no resuelto" delasesinato de su líder Santiago Rafael Cruz en abril de 2007....
  18. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  19. Philadelphia transit contract in line with other cities, experts say

    PHILADELPHIA The proposed contract that Philadelphia-area transit workers rejected was better than most workers are getting in the recession, some labor experts say. At worst, it was in line with other collective-bargaining agreements successfully...

    Tags: Employees, Interior Policy, National Government, Auto Trends, Government

  20. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Hola Hoy
  21. Miércoles, 4 de noviembre de 2009 - 5.30 pm EST

    NUEVA JERSEY - Nueva York - La derrota de Jon Corzine abre una nueva etapa en las relaciones entre la gobernación y la comunidad hispana de Nueva Jersey, que se habían afianzado con la gestión del gobernador demócrata. FRONTERA - El Paso - La Patrulla...

    Tags: San Francisco, National or Ethnic Minorities, Alicia Keys, Puerto Rico, Barack Obama

  22. Nov 5, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  23. We need to prevent future Greensboro massacres

    This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre. We need to recall it so something like it never happens again. On the morning of Nov. 3, 1979, at the corner of Carver and Everitt streets in Greensboro, N.C., 40 Ku Klux Klansmen and...

    Tags: Employees, Harvard University, Hospitals and Clinics, Minority Groups, Barack Obama

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