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Transform U.S. agriculture
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What a difference two years makes
Below is a graph depicting trends in job creation in the private sector.
Response to mixed jobs report
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on April Jobs ReportMay 06, 2011Building on renewed job growth in the past several months, our economy added a surprising 244,000 new jobs in April, including 268,000 in the private sector, even as the unemployment rate rose back to 9.0 percent.
Ending Medicare is GOP's pet project
People with longer memories than most will recall there have been three major Medicare fights in the past 16 years.
Brazil legalizes same-sex civil unions
Brazil’s high court orders same-sex civil unions recognized, cheering gay rights supportersBy Associated Press
Japan: Demand Grows for Full Compensation of Nuke Victims
Fukushima JCP calls on TEPCO to fully compensate victims for reactor accidentApril 21, 2011
Make it in America
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Make it in America AgendaMay 04, 2011
5 Myths About Environmental Regulation
Conservatives and some pro-business groups (usually major multinationals who also happen to be big polluters) argue that some of the following things will happen if the government steps up its legally-mandated role to regulate environmental pollution, for instance carbon emissions that cause global warming.
AFL-CIO Joins Call for a Fair Budget for Penn. Working Families
Pa. AFL-CIO Joins Thousands of Workers In Calling for a Fair Budget that Protects Pennsylvania's Middle Class
