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Applebee’s CEO and Millionare Zane Tankel vs. Working Americans
The so-called job creator complained on FOX News about all the money the Obamacare mandate will cost him to provide health care to his workers.

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Let’s Get to Work
Two big things happened in the last week, and they're both going to require our attention for the next four years and beyond: the national election repudiated religious conservatives …

We All Need a Higher Minimum Wage
If President Obama truly believes in strengthening the middle class, he will revisit legislation to raise the minimum wage so that people can start to invest in the country …

Labor Mortgages Future on Obama
Even UEu2019s Townsend, who is less optimistic than most labor leaders that Obama will be a labor ally in his second term, says unions still needed to get out …

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Union-Backed Ballot Measures Mostly Fared Well
Union-backed ballot measures fared well around the country Tuesday, with an exception in Michigan and an uncertain outcome in Phoenix.

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Making It Count: Next Steps for the Minority Majority
Minorities around the country stood strong in the face of efforts to suppress their votes. Now that the election is over, what will happen to that energy and force?

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Kansas, Missouri Won’t Set Up Health Insurance Exchanges
States have less than a week to decide whether they will set up insurance exchange markets or whether the government will step in. Kansas, reluctantly, chose federal intervention.

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Sandy Sweeps Away New York City’s Only Day Laborer Center
Since the NYPDu2019s decision to deny entry to the area, workers have been forced to go back to street corners.

Union Loss in Bend, Oregon: The Game Is Rigged, but Not the Fight
In 2010/2011, workers at St. Charles Hospital in Bend, Oregon came together to join Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49 to improve their conditions and strengthen their voice. …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Re-Elected by a Landslide, and More
In today's On the News segment: Obama won a second term by a landslide in the election; Democrats scored big in the Senate; marriage equality is legalized in Maine, …