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What’s behind sinking poll numbers for GOP governors?

Published 11 Jul, 2011 A question for GOP governors: How’s that “bash-the-workers” thing working out for you? Not so well, according to public opinion polls. Republican governors leading the charge to cut health care, gut pensions, and cancel bargaining rights for public employees have seen their approval ratings tank. Rick Scott, who cut $8 billion…

On Jobs and the Economy: It’s Put-Up or Shut-Up Time

Published 11 Sep, 2011 An unlikely trio, the president of the AFL-CIO, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and the President of the United States of America last month stood in the White House Rose Garden and called for the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act. President Obama again drew the link between transportation…

Wall Street Demonstrators are Right on Target

Published 14 Oct, 2011 It all started with an email. Back in July, the staff of AdBusters, a small Vancouver-based magazine, proposed an idea: A demonstration on Wall Street to show disgust with economic inequality, lack of action on jobs and growing corporate control over the levers of our democracy. Talk about an idea whose…

Transportation Unions Commit to International Solidarity

Published 04 Apr, 2011 On March 31 and April 1, TWU co-hosted an international meeting of delegates from 11 countries on the subject of Veolia, an multinational company that has been rapidly expanding into the transport sector in the U.S. and Canada. The French-based company has been associated with attempts to drive down wages and…

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What’s behind sinking poll numbers for GOP governors?

On Jobs and the Economy: It’s Put-Up or Shut-Up Time

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