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    Nov 23, 2009 |Story| Hartford Courant
  1. OSHA Head Stresses Sanctions For Worker Safety Violations

    The acting head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration hails from a union background, which is rare for a top official at the agency. So, when Jordan Barab met with a labor union crowd at the United Auto Workers regional office on...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Health and Safety at Work, Celebrities and Health Issues, George Bush

  2. Nov 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. 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: State Budgets, Michael Steele, Family, Democratic Party, National Government

  4. Nov 18, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  5. 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: Air Transportation, Health and Safety at Work, Air Transportation Industry, European Union, Transportation Industry

  6. Nov 11, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  7. 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: Andy Gardiner, Mel Martinez, George LeMieux, Buddy Dyer, Florida Department of Transportation

  8. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. 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: Forestry and Timber, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Gun Control, NFL, Family

  10. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Hola Hoy
  11. 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....
  12. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  13. 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: Medical Services, Civil and Public Service, Interior Policy, Auto Trends, AFSCME

  14. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Hola Hoy
  15. 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: Barack Obama, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, Alicia Keys, National or Ethnic Minorities

  16. Nov 5, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  17. 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: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), The White House, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics, Nazis

  18. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  19. My Word: Anti-union rant clouds facts

    On Nov. 1 in his My Word column, Mark P. Wylie quoted Orlando Sentinel reporter Dan Tracy's article saying that the reason the Florida AFL-CIO has raised concerns over the SunRail project is because "train managers might hire unqualified, nonunion...

    Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Mike Williams, State Budgets, Employees, Unions

  20. Oct 12, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Labor pains

    President Barack Obama says the big problem in Washington is that politicians focus on pleasing special interests at the expense of the general public. But his curious definition of "special interests" exempts one key political force: organized labor.
    President Barack Obama says the big problem in Washington is that politicians focus on pleasing special interests at the expense of the general public. But his curious definition of "special interests" exempts one key political force: organized labor....

    Tags: Barack Obama, Treaties, Health and Safety at Work, Trade Dispute, United States

  22. Oct 24, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
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