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Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

13 Dec, 2017

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13 Dec, 2017

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Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

A decade ago or so, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that making the Bush tax cuts permanent — rather than letting them expire in 2010 — would increase the after-tax

Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

08 Dec, 2017

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08 Dec, 2017

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Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

These days, it’s hard to keep straight all of Congress’ efforts to build plutocracy — the further consolidation of the power of the richest Americans at the expense of the rest of us. 

Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

14 Nov, 2017

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14 Nov, 2017

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Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new report from the Working for America Institute and Jobs With Justice Education Fund profiles a Washington state apprenticeship program as a suc

Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

02 Nov, 2017

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02 Nov, 2017

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Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

As a pillar of the Democratic Party, unions have wanted for years to see mainstream Democrats push for major reforms to the law that would rejuvenate the ranks of organized labor.

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

05 Oct, 2017

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05 Oct, 2017

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AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico