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Chicago Teachers Stage Mass Marches vs. School Closings
May 24, 2013 at 5:40 pmBy Mark Gruenberg CHICAGO (PAI)–Outraged by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans to close 54 public schools, and increase class sizes to up to 40 per...
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Split Senate Panel Oks Obama NLRB Nominees
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON —In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee on May 22 approved...
May 24, 2013 at 5:36 pm -
Immigration Reform: Farm Wokers, Growers, Split Over House GOP’s Farmworker Plan
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—The United Farm Workers and the nation’s farm growers’ lobby, who bargained...
May 24, 2013 at 4:32 pm -
Education Policies Operating In The Dark
As a principal in an economically troubled city, I learned to expect the unexpected each day when arriving at school:...
May 17, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Issues »
Fast Food Workers’ Strikes Spread
May 23, 2013 at 10:30 amFirst, New York. Then, Chicago. Last week, St. Louis. And on May 10, Detroit. Fast food workers nationwide, poor, upset and disgusted by the huge contrast between...
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Problems North Of The Border: Canadian Conservative Govt., Firms Target Unions
LONDON—There used to be a Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., a medium-sized Canadian city between Detroit...
May 22, 2013 at 10:30 am -
GOP State Legislative Leaders, Fearing Reaction Stop Right To Work Drives In Ohio, Missouri
COLUMBUS—Fearing public reaction which could hurt their party at the polls next year – symbolized by a mass...
May 21, 2013 at 10:30 am -
NLRB Nominees Caught In Political Fight
WASHINGTON—At least two of Democratic President Barack Obama’s five nominees for National Labor Relations Board...
May 20, 2013 at 10:30 am








