prospect.org - 12/21/2008
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There's an argument -- maybe best made by John Judis -- that despite the optimism I chronicled here , labor is a low priority for the incoming Obama administration. Though it is true that labor's number one priority, the Employee Free Choice Act, is unlikely to be passed early in the new term, ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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Obama's choice of California Rep. Hilda Solis as
labor secretary, which was confirmed to us by a
Democratic official, is thrilling labor officials, and more than compensates for unease about Obama's economic picks and his initial delay in picking ...
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Labor Leaders Hail Obama's Pick For Labor Secretary
forbes.com - 12/15/2008
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forbes.com —
Perhaps Republicans deserve to lose this election--but that
doesn't mean they shouldn't try to win. It is
not clear, however, that the McCain campaign agrees. How else to explain its failure to alert voters of frightening liberal ideas such as "card ...
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Obama And Big Labor
origin.barackobama.com - 12/26/2008
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Barack Obama will combat employment discrimination: Obama and
Biden will work to overturn the Supreme Court's recent
ruling that curtails women’s and racial minorities' ability to challenge pay discrimination. They will also pass the Fair Pay Act to ...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Civil ...
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SUNDAY ROUNDUP With President-elect Barack Obama's transition team set to release its report this week on staff contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojecivh (D), bloggers try to sift through conflicting news accounts of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's involvement. The announcement that Vice President-elect Joe Biden will head a task force on working families, meanwhile, is hailed by liberals. A news report from ABC's George Stephanopoulos that, according to sources, Obama's team will reveal that Emanuel had just one conversation with Blagojevich doesn't match up with a Chicago Sun-Times report of 21 Emanuel/Blagojevich contacts, Ed Morrissey writes at Hot Air. The ...
Progressive Breakfast: Wages Falling, Jobs Vanishing, Econ Package Growing
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Tapped's Tim Fernholz: "Did the VP just become labor czar? And if you were going to pick someone to find 60 votes for EFCA in the Senate, wouldn't you want that person to be Joe Biden?" ...
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