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Union members protest McCain policies
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Union members protested outside a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate John McCain June 19.
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More unions endorse Obama for president
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More major labor organizations, including the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO, are poised to support Democratic Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., in his campaign for the White House.
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House votes to extend unemployment benefits
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The U.S. House Thursday voted to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the 3.8 million jobless workers who will run out of benefits over the next nine months. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would add 13 weeks of benefits — 26 additional weeks for workers in states with high unemployment rates.
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Unions make another push for extended unemployment benefits
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With a vote likely in the next couple of days, unions have launched a massive e-mail and phone blitz urging Congress to extend unemployment benefits from their present 26 weeks to 39 weeks in most states and 52 weeks in states with jobless rates of more than 6%.
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Building a local movement toward a green economy
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More than 150 people, ranging from elected officials to neighborhood activists, business leaders and union members, filled the Carpenters hall recently for a breakfast roundtable on "blue-green" issues.
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With primaries over, unions start planning fall campaign
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With the Democratic and Republican primaries over, and with Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., their parties\’ presumed presidential nominees, unions are turning their attention to the fall campaign.
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Laborers launch massive pro-infrastructure campaign
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Calling rebuilding America a bipartisan and nonpartisan issue, the Laborers have launched a massive grass-roots campaign to mobilize both unionists and citizens in favor of dedicated, massive investment in reconstructing the nation\’s airports, highways and railroads, union President Terry O\’Sullivan announced.
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Nationwide door-to-door canvass kicks off Labor ’08 campaign
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AFSCME Local 151 member Judy Schultz knocked on the door of a union household in Roseville and asked the woman who answered to prioritize her concerns for the upcoming election.
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AFL-CIO pushes stronger legislation on plant closing notification
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Only one-third of the plants covered by the nation\’s 20-year-old plant-closing "Warn Act," obey that law, and workers are hurt nationwide as a result, the AFL-CIO says.
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Minnesota drops to 19th in taxes
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Minnesota\’s tax ranking has dropped significantly, so that the state is now 19th in the nation in total state and local taxes measured as a percentage of income, a new analysis shows.