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ContributorGerald Farinas   
Last ModifiedGerald Farinas January 21, 2004 11:04pm
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Discuss labor union issues and the policies they're lobbying for in Washington and in the individual states.

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 30, 2021 10:00am News Amazon ordered to hold new union election at Alabama facility  Article WA Indy 
Sep 18, 2019 10:15am News White House intervenes in General Motors strike  Article WA Indy 
Jun 27, 2018 09:00am Legal Ruling Supreme Court deals a devastating blow to government unions  Article RP 
Apr 15, 2018 03:00pm News Democrats love unions. Just not for their own campaign workers.  Article Scott³ 
Jan 30, 2017 08:15pm Proposed Legislation GOP introduces national right-to-work legislation  Article RP 
Mar 29, 2016 10:00am Legal Ruling Unions Win Fee Victory as Supreme Court Ties 4-4  Article RP 
May 30, 2013 08:30am News Union offers to end 10-year strike at Congress Plaza Hotel  Article Homegrown Democrat 
May 28, 2013 11:00am News Mark Rosenthal: Public Sector Unions Personified  Article Scott³ 
Apr 09, 2013 06:40pm News Wisconsin union membership plunging as workers exercise new rights  Article Scott³ 
Dec 18, 2012 03:00pm News Conservative Blue  Article Scott³ 
Dec 12, 2012 09:00am General Groups vow to push ‘right to work’ in other states  Article RP 
Sep 14, 2012 04:50pm News Judge strikes down Wis. law that effectively ended collective bargaining for public workers  Article Ashley 
Jun 21, 2012 10:00am News Supreme Court Strikes Down Union Fees  Article Scott³ 
Mar 24, 2012 06:00am General Walker’s Recall Showdown   Article Imperator 
Jan 24, 2012 09:00am Advertisement Indiana state Senate passes right to work bill  Article NYDem Junior 
Sep 22, 2011 05:00pm Poll MI [Manhattan Institute] poll: Public unions — threat or menace? (pick one)  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 02, 2011 12:00pm Scandal Union leader draws lucrative pension perk based on false information  Article Imperator 
Jul 21, 2011 06:25pm General 12 workers fired for not braving heat  Article RP 
Jul 15, 2011 08:00pm News Obama bailout chief changes story: Maybe I did say, 'I did this all for the unions'  Article Scott³ 
Jul 15, 2011 12:00pm Study More benefits for union members  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 16, 2011 11:35am Blog Entry Target Anti-Union Video Used Union Actors  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Jun 14, 2011 09:00pm Video Target's Anti-Union Propaganda Video   Article Homegrown Democrat 
Jun 09, 2011 12:00am Speech AFL-CIO's Trumka Calls for Labor Movement Separate from Parties: 'I've Had a Snootful of This Shit!'  Article Craverguy 
May 25, 2011 01:35pm Statement Open Letter to Richard Trumka from the Campaign for a Mass Party of Labor  Article Bob Sacamano 
Apr 01, 2011 03:35am Analysis Cops, firefighters turn on GOP in labor fight  Article RP 
Mar 23, 2011 06:20pm Blog Entry Buried Provision In House GOP Bill Would Cut Off Food Stamps To Entire Families If One Member Strikes  Article Servo 
Mar 11, 2011 07:35pm Poll Republicans Negative, Democrats Positive in Describing Unions  Article Scott³ 
Mar 10, 2011 08:00am Analysis State Budget Deficits Are Not an Employee Compensation Problem  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 09, 2011 03:20am News Americans Oppose Republican Attack on Unions in Poll Divided Over Benefits  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 02, 2011 12:00pm Poll NBC/WSJ poll: 62% against stripping public employees' bargaining rights  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Mar 01, 2011 09:50pm News Missing senators rely heavily on union campaign dollars  Article NoMoreBS 
Mar 01, 2011 09:00pm Commentary Why should Democrats be funded by taxpayers?  Article NoMoreBS 
Mar 01, 2011 07:25pm Poll 46% View Unionized Teachers As a Bad Thing, 37% Disagree  Article Imperator 
Mar 01, 2011 01:00am Blog Entry Anti-Union Arguments Fail to Persuade American Mainstream  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 01, 2011 12:00am Blog Entry Poll: Wisconsin Voters Turn On Gov. Walker, Back State Unions  Article ArmyDem 
Feb 28, 2011 06:00pm Poll Poll Shows Support for Embattled Public Sector Workers  Article RP 
Feb 26, 2011 04:15pm Analysis Facts overshadowed in debate over union bill  Article NoMoreBS 
Feb 24, 2011 10:00pm News Wisconsin’s teachers required to teach kids labor union and collective bargaining history  Article NoMoreBS 
Feb 24, 2011 05:15pm Analysis Public Employees are Overpaid  Article NoMoreBS 
Feb 22, 2011 06:00pm Poll Poll: 61% oppose limits on union bargaining power  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Feb 09, 2011 12:00am News Ohio Senate Republicans move to wipe out collective bargaining for all state workers  Article Scott³ 
Jan 20, 2011 01:10am Analysis Misunderstandings Regarding State Debt, Pensions, and Retiree Health Costs Create Unnecessary AlarmMisunderstandings Regarding State Debt, Pensions, and Retiree Health Costs Create Unnecessary Alarm  Article ArmyDem 
Jun 13, 2010 04:15pm Commentary Pension Plans Go Broke as Public Payrolls Expand  Article Scott³ 
Jan 31, 2010 12:00am Opinion Union leader: 'Card check' will pass in 2010  Article Scott³ 
Sep 08, 2009 10:15am Press Release Remarks by President Obama at the AFL CIO Labor Day Picnic  Article Jason 
Sep 07, 2009 03:10pm News On Labor Day, support for unions plunges to all-time low  Article Scott³ 
Jul 16, 2009 03:00pm News Democrats Drop Key Part of Bill to Assist Unions  Article Scott³ 
May 09, 2009 03:00pm Proposed Legislation Feinstein, Specter Compromises Pave the Way for Passage of Employee Free Choice Act  Article karin1492 
Mar 29, 2009 08:00am News Union Bill's Declining Chances Give Rise to Alternatives  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 21, 2009 06:00pm News Companies' card-check compromise draws criticism  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 20, 2009 11:50am Blog Entry Whispers Of A Card Check Compromise?  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 10, 2009 01:00am Analysis Does card check kill the secret ballot or not?  Article Penguin 
Feb 22, 2009 10:00am News Labor's time has come, but trouble stirs within  Article ArmyDem 
Feb 19, 2009 05:00am General Once-Mighty UAW Yields to Market  Article kal 
Dec 19, 2008 01:00pm Commentary The Employee Free Choice Act Is Unconstitutional   Article CBlock941 
Dec 10, 2008 02:55am News Battle in Congress deepens over Employee Free Choice Act  Article Scott³ 
Dec 01, 2008 02:10pm Poll Americans Remain Broadly Supportive of Labor Unions  Article CBlock941 
Oct 21, 2008 06:00pm General Labor's Boots on the Ground  Article RP 
Aug 01, 2008 03:40pm Commentary A Fight Republicans Cannot Afford to Lose  Article CBlock941 
Aug 01, 2008 09:00am General Wal-Mart mobilizes against Democrats: report  Article DFWDem 
Jul 02, 2008 06:00am Announcement Unite and USW create first global trade union  Article New Jerusalem 
Mar 21, 2008 09:00pm News Urinal Bags Don't Sit Well With Union  Article Servo 
Feb 29, 2008 08:00pm News Union Grows, but Leader Faces Criticism  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 04, 2007 12:00pm News Hollywood writers go on strike over new-media pay  Article Ashley 
Jun 20, 2007 08:00am Proposed Legislation Clash Nears in the Senate on Legislation Helping Unions Organize  Article CBlock941 
May 17, 2007 04:00pm News Union-business fight could impact campaign donations  Article SC Moose 
Mar 28, 2007 03:15pm News Democratic Candidates Praise Value of Organized Labor  Article CBlock941 
Mar 08, 2007 07:45pm Poll Workers Reject Card Checks, Favor Private Ballots in Union Organizing  Article Karma Policeman 
Mar 01, 2007 07:00pm Blog Entry Union Intimidation Tactics: An Extreme Example  Article Karma Policeman 
Oct 18, 2006 08:00pm News Labor Leader Accused of Taking $2.2 Million  Article RP 
Oct 03, 2006 02:00pm Legal Ruling NLRB redefines union eligibilility  Article RP 
Oct 03, 2006 09:00am Investigation AFL-CIO Told to Improve Accounting  Article CBlock941 
Aug 11, 2006 02:00pm General Labor Ready For Election Despite Split  Article RP 
Jan 16, 2006 01:00pm Commentary Tarnishing the Cesar Chavez Legacy  Article SC Moose 
Jan 13, 2006 12:00pm News United Farm Workers Leave AFL-CIO  Article Thomas Walker 
Jan 08, 2006 02:00pm Analysis UFW: A BROKEN CONTRACT  Article Ripzaw 
Dec 15, 2005 11:00pm News Union, NYC Transit Agency Continue Talks  Article Bob 
Nov 28, 2005 03:00pm Analysis Janitors' Drive in Texas Gives Hope to Unions  Article RP 
Oct 17, 2005 05:00pm News GM, auto workers reach deal on health costs  Article Classical Liberal 
Jul 29, 2005 01:30pm News UFCW Decides to Bolt the AFL-CIO  Article Scott³ 
Jul 28, 2005 03:40pm News Splintering within labor bodes ill for Democrats  Article Scott³ 
Jul 25, 2005 02:00pm News Teamsters, SEIU Bolt AFL-CIO Federation  Article Thomas Walker 
Jul 24, 2005 05:00pm News Union Bolting AFL-CIO, Others to Follow  Article Thomas Walker 
Jul 22, 2005 09:00pm News Sweeney-Stern Dispute Has Roots in Friendship  Article User 13 
Jul 19, 2005 05:00pm News AFL-CIO in danger of breaking apart  Article Thomas Walker 
Mar 21, 2004 12:00am News American strikers take pickets overseas  Article Gerald Farinas 
Mar 16, 2004 12:00am News Unions Press for Sanctions Against China  Article Gerald Farinas 
Mar 15, 2004 12:00am News Shrinking unions seek revival across the nation  Article Gerald Farinas 
Mar 10, 2004 12:00am News Labor OKs Funds to Mobilize Against Bush  Article Gerald Farinas 
Feb 25, 2004 12:00am Commentary AFL-CIO Motto: Kick Me Again  Article None Entered 
Jan 26, 2004 12:00am Commentary Class Warfare  Article Blue Wizzrobe 
Jan 21, 2004 12:00am News Unions Examine Operations After Iowa Loss  Article Gerald Farinas 

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