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What It Means for House Democrats to Adopt the Senate Health Bill

By | 01.20.10 | 6:08 pm

First of all, take all the weeks of merger negotiations and throw them out the window: It’s looking more and more like the only way the Democrats can pass health care reform — and they must pass health care reform — in the wake of yesterday’s election in More…

Union Mounting Broad New Push to Organize Wal-Mart Workers

By | 05.01.09 | 12:01 pm

As workers around the world participate in May Day celebrations of the labor movement’s past achievements, Paul Demko of TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota Independent, reports on a new campaign to simultaneously build nationwide support for the Employee Free Choice Act and organize workers More…

Obama Immigration Proposal May Not Be at Odds With Economy

By | 04.14.09 | 1:44 pm

Last week, a senior aide to President Obama told The New York Times that the White House plans to support a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would offer a path to legalization for undocumented workers. But will Obama be willing to invest the More…