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Slicing And Dicing At GM And Chrysler

By General President James P. Hoffa
Elizabeth Warren, the chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel, knows better than anyone what's happened to the bailout money that middle-class taxpayers so generously gave to Wall Street and the automakers.

Cleaner-Trucks Mandate Will Create Hardships at Port of Oakland

Ablelom Zerfiel sat in the cab of his 1992 Freightliner, waiting in a long line to drop off his empty cargo container at the Port of Oakland.

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Talking Nonsense

The CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was on the hot seat on MSNBC’s “Morning Meeting” over the Chamber’s “American Free Enterprise” campaign.

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The Economic System No Longer Works For The Majority Of Americans

After nearly two decades of booms and busts that have yielded little in the way of economic gain for the typical household, Americans have developed a profound distrust of the markets, financiers, big business and the capitalist ethos.

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Whole Foods Customers: Have You Been Boycotting?

We were reminded yesterday of the recent Whole Foods boycott that's been gaining steam in the past month.

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Transportation Security After 9/11

Our nation’s rail system remains vulnerable to a terrorist attack, blogs Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on NationalJournal.com.

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Real-Life "Norma Rae" Dies After Battle With Insurance Company

Crystal Lee Sutton, 68, formerly Crystal Lee Jordan—on whom Sally Field’s Norma Rae was based—died last Friday of brain cancer. Her insurance company at first had refused her treatment, then after two months relented, but the cancer moved too fast, and Sutton died.

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Who Are The Undeserving "Others" Benefiting From Expanded Government Actions?

The New York Times' Ross Douthat argues, uncontroversially, that the tea-party protests, townhall outbursts and related appendages aren't about specific health care proposals but, instead, are motivated by a more generalized anger over what is happening in Washington:

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Teamsters Protest Colombia’s Violent, Anti-Worker Government

Teamsters are telling the ugly truth behind the pretty exhibits that are part of Colombia’s latest campaign to get a trade deal with the United States. Teamster members took part in a demonstration involving hundreds of human rights and fair trade advocates outside of Washington’s Union Station on the day after Labor Day.

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If Only Colombia Did Have a Heart

In an affront to workers everywhere, the Colombian government is handing out flowers in Washington’s Union Station – on the day after Labor Day, no less.

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