AFGE Backs Obama for President by Seth Michaels, May 9, 2008 The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. The union, which represents 600,000 federal and District of Columbia government employees, made the endorsement after extensive member polling and a meeting of its national Executive Council. …
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No Housing Crisis for Bush, McCain’s Got No Plan to Improve Economy
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/09/no-housing-crisis-for-bush-mccains-got-no-plan-to-improve-economy/No Housing Crisis for Bush, McCain’s Got No Plan to Improve Economy by Tula Connell, May 9, 2008 Housing crisis? What housing crisis? Looking out the White House window, Bush can't see one, so it must not be there. …
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Report Says Crandall Canyon Managers Should Face Charges
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/08/report-says-crandall-canyon-managers-should-face-charges/The mine manager and other senior staff at the Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah hid information from federal mining officials that could have prevented the disaster and should face criminal charges, a congressional committee said today. Last August, six miners and three rescue workers died after the mine collapsed. …
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Will Justice Finally Be Served in the Crandall Mine Disaster?
http://blog.progressivedem.com/2008/05/09/will-justice-final..."This is the third report faulting the mining company and federal officials for the disaster last August. The U.S. Department of Labor’s inspector general found that MSHA was “negligent” when it approved the mining plan." Bush's loyalist corporate hack, Richard Stickler, was head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, a bungling profits first incompetent, politicized Bushite like the rest of Bush's appointments.
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Is It Even Possible To Reduce Gas Prices This Year? | OurFuture.org
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/it-even-possible-reduce-...A few other sites worth checking... Booman Tribune Pandagon In These Times TPMCafe Hullabaloo Lean Left Street Prophets AFL-CIO Weblog MaxSpeak The Health Care Blog More >>
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Peter Roskam | RubberStampRoskam.com
http://rubberstamproskam.comof his constituents as it frequently does. Roskam has been a perfect rubber stamp for NAM. NAM is a very old and very powerful industrial lobbying organization. It was founded in 1895 and over the course of its history has fought against the right of workers to organize for better pay and working conditions and against any regulation of industry to protect the environment or promote workplace or product safety. They have also fought vigorously against efforts to address
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The Greenline
http://www.afscmeblog.orgThe failure to enforce even weak U.S. labor laws has created an incentive for many employers to hire undocumented immigrant workers, several experts told a House committee earlier this week. During the hearing, a chilling audiotape was played of an employer’s phone message to an immigrant worker who simply wanted to be paid for the work he had done. Listen to it and read more at the
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Failure to Enforce U.S. Labor Laws Fuels Exploitation of Workers
http://www.afscmeblog.org/2008/05/07/failure-to-enforce-us-l...experts told a House committee
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McCain Would Appoint Justices Like Anti-Worker Alito and Roberts
http://www.4ibew.com/2008/05/07/mccain-would-appoint-justice...When you look at the record, though, Roberts and Alito have failed to look out for the rights of workers. Check out some of the cases where Roberts and Alito have provided decisive votes: Alito was the author of the May 2007 opinion that ruled against Lilly Ledbetter’s right to challenge the pay discrimination she faced on the job. Roberts joined that opinion, which fundamentally changed the way workers could fight discrimination at work.
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Industrial Workers of the World | One Big Union!
http://www.iww.orgBurma: AFL-CIO: Help Provide Relief to Burmese Workers Colombia: Colombia Workers Brutalized at May Day Protests [streaming radio link appended] Korea: Another attack against MTU leadership! Call for solidarity UK: American union-busters arrive in Britain
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Catastrophe to Celebration … | Air America Radio
http://airamerica.com/blog/2008/may/07/catastrophe-celebrati...of such a deadly tragedy to the laughing and giggling over a wedding … NOTE: Cyclone Nagris has killed 10,000s and devastated a large swath of the country. There are many ways to provide assistance, such as through Relief Web or through the Burmese labor unions.
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Catastrophe to Celebration …
http://energysmart.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/catastrophe-to-c...speaking of such a deadly tragedy to the laughing and giggling over a wedding … NOTE: Cyclone Nagris has killed 10,000s and devastated a large swath of the country. There are many ways to provide assistance, such as through Relief Web or through the Burmese labor unions. And, there are innumerous pieces on the cyclone. DownWithTyranny provides an interesting voice, introducing us to “my pal Roland …”
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Life in West Tennessee
http://westtnliving.wordpress.comDems Look at Conflicts Behind CEOs’ Fat Pay by Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Blog
