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City Beat: Unions push back against Sacramento's charter commission
February 08, 2012

On the Lighter Side: Why I hate the Super Bowl
February 05, 2012

Spending on lobbying sets record
February 02, 2012

City Beat: Mayor benefits, labor loses as City Council undergoes changes
January 24, 2012

Contractor group sues over apprenticeships
January 27, 2012

Unions losing influence?
January 24, 2012

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U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week to 358,000
February 09, 2012 | Bloomberg

German Manufacturers Focus on Product Quality
February 09, 2012 | Bloomberg

Greek Bailout Talks Stalled on Pension Dispute
February 09, 2012 | Bloomberg

Labor Unions Wikipedia Information

A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members ("rank and file" members) and negotiates labor contracts with employers. This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers,...

Sacramento Connect

California Alliance for Jobs, Bay Area Council, Local Labor Unions Re-Emphasize Support for California High Speed Rail
November 15, 2011
At a press conference today before a legislative hearing, a broad coalition of labor and business groups reiterated their strong support for California's...

Labor Unions feeling the pinch from citizen initiatives resorts to deception
August 02, 2011
Russ Steele By now you should have heard the ad being run by Californians Against Identity Theft's, which is a a labor union clone organization dealing in lies...

Robert Reich | Why the Republicans War on Workers’ Rights Undermines the Economy
June 15, 2011
June 14, 2011 - The battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state...

Commentary: Enterprise Editorial Supports Budget Decision
July 02, 2011
Vanguard Argues That Employees Have Been Lied To and the City is Correcting Past Errors - In 2008 the Davis Enterprise endorsed for City Council Stephen Souza,...

Super-PACs and Dark Money: ProPublica’s Guide to the New World of Campaign Finance
July 12, 2011
July 12, 2011 - The nation is gearing up for yet another "most expensive election in history," the quadrennial exercise in which mind-numbing amounts of money...

Other local news reports

OUR VIEW: Brown defies a union, finally
July 02, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Some of California's toughest problems, from the budget mess to unfunded pension liabilities, are the result of the inordinate influence of the labor unions in the state...

From around the web

Why Condi Rice backs Lugar
February 09, 2012 | indystar.com
It is a controversial project, with environmentalists on one side and labor unions and the energy, construction and manufacturing sectors on the other. President Obama...

Indiana Gov. Daniels signs' right to work' bill; protest winds through Super Bowl...
February 01, 2012 | indystar.com
Advocates now hope -- and labor unions fear -- that Indiana's passage will... Democrats and labor unions see it instead as a tool to crush the political strength of unions....

' Right to work' set for Indiana Senate approval today; next stop, Gov. Mitch Daniels
February 01, 2012 | indystar.com
Daniels -- who had said as a candidate in 2004 and again as governor in 2006 that he would not pursue it -- is a convert who says Indiana needs the law to bring in businesses that wo not consider a state without it. Labor unions...

Camping over for Occupy Des Moines
January 31, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The next few weeks will be focused on' -- base building,' -- the group' -- s phrase for community outreach targeted at faith groups, labor unions, small businesses and other...

' Right to work' - - bill heads for vote in Indiana Senate
January 30, 2012 | indystar.com
Daniels said later it would be a' -- colossal mistake' -- for labor unions to disrupt the Super Bowl to protest the bill and that it would' -- backfire' -- on them. The...

Labor Unions on twitter

	Here's a great piece that demonstrates how labor unions help people better their lives and become members of the... http://t.co/47PKA0Rb Twitter: @LECET
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	Santorum is pro labor UNIONS, NOT 4 repeal of Davis-Bacon http://t.co/shqrGvAG #megop #teaparty #tcot #azgop #Santorum2012 Twitter: @Norsu2
	RT @CarterFliptMe: The #Democrat Party is owned by Big Labor Unions, G. Soros, and every nutjob foreign organization imaginable. Enemies of the Republic #CPAC Twitter: @MusicandFaith
	RT @CarterFliptMe: The #Democrat Party is owned by Big Labor Unions, G. Soros, and every nutjob foreign organization imaginable. Enemies of the Republic #CPAC Twitter: @fancygap1
	RT @CarterFliptMe: The #Democrat Party is owned by Big Labor Unions, G. Soros, and every nutjob foreign organization imaginable. Enemies of the Republic #CPAC Twitter: @cbutler2100