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Obama faces teachers' unions on pay (Politico)
news.yahoo.com - 3/10/2009
Obama faces teachers' unions on pay (Politico)
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Politico - After weeks of pleasing Democrats by overturning policies set by the previous administration, President Barack Obama Tuesday will for the first time confront a powerful constituency in his own party: teachers’ unions.
politico.com - 3/10/2009
Obama faces teachers' unions on pay
— politico.com — He will propose a merit pay plan today, an idea that once earned NEA boos... (more) Obama faces teachers' unions on pay

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Obama: 'I am a New Democrat' (Politico)
— news.yahoo.com — Politico - President Barack Obama firmly resists ideological labels, but at the end of a private meeting... with a group of moderate Democrats Tuesday afternoon he offered a statement of solidarity. (more) Obama: 'I am a New Democrat' (Politico)

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Unions protest Chamber of Commerce (Politico)
— news.yahoo.com — Politico - You've probably seen the ads and heard the rhetoric on the House and Senate floor,... but now the protests over the Employee Free Choice Act are under way. (more) Unions protest Chamber of Commerce (Politico)

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