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NLRB Regions Directed to Take Action Against Labor Law Violators
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January 6, 2011
Signaling an aggressive new commitment to protect workers? union rights, the National Labor Relations Board?s general counsel is instructing the agency?s regional offices to take swift action against employers who interfere with workers during organizing campaigns.
Gap Between Richest and Typical Americans Soars to Record High
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January 6, 2011
Setting a record gap, the net worth of America?s wealthiest households in 2009 was 225 times greater than the median family net worth, according to federal data analyzed by the Economic Policy Institute.
Most Americans Say Tax the Rich to the Balance Budget
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January 5, 2011
Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday.
William J. Boarman Becomes Public Printer
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Bill Boarman sworn in as the Public Printer of the United States.
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Passes the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
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January 3, 2011
On December 22, with the urging of the AFL-CIO, several unions (including CWA, IAFF, AFSCME, and the Laborers) and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voted to pass legislation that would fund medical monitoring and treatment for emergency workers who responded to the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, to workers involved in the demolition and cleanup, and to nearby residents.