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Biden: 'Unions Are the Reason We Have the Best Workers in the World'

Vice President Joe Biden headlined a diverse group of leaders who spoke at the Career and Technical Education Workforce Development Summit yesterday, an event sponsored by the AFL-CIO and AFT....
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11 Reasons Why Mitch McConnell is One of the Worst Candidates for Working Families in the 2014 Elections

It's an election year and we are quickly approaching the time when working families will have the opportunity to go to the polls and vote against a whole host of...
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Court Rules That Those People Working for FedEx Are, in Fact, FedEx Employees

Let's pose a hypothetical situation. You're sitting at home and a truck pulls up outside. On the side of the truck, it says FedEx. The driver who gets out is...
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Five Reasons Walmart's New 'Commitment' to American Manufacturing is Nonsense

Walmart is hosting a manufacturing summit in Denver this week as part of its new program to supposedly invest in products made in America for its stores across the country....
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The Voice of Thomas the Tank Engine Quits Over 'Survival' Wages

The song "Rules and Regulations" from the popular children's television show "Thomas the Tank Engine" contains these lines:
Although sometimes you'll find it so hard
And the wrong way may seem easier
It...
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The State of America's Deadly Jobs, in 9 Charts

At The Huffington Post, Alissa Scheller has an article that includes nine charts that show very clearly the key takeaways from the AFL-CIO's recent Death on the Job report. ...