By host on
12/23/2008 10:29 PM
A water main break in Maryland this morning trapped a dozen commuters in their cars and sent rescuers scrambling to pull motorists from frigid floodwaters.
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By host on
12/23/2008 10:24 PM
Unions paved the way to the middle class for millions of workers and pioneered benefits such as paid health care and pensions along the way. Even today, union workers earn significantly more on average than their non-union counterparts and union employers are more likely to provide benefits. And non-union workers—particularly in highly unionized industries—receive financial benefits from employers who increase wages to match what unions would win in order to avoid unionization.
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By host on
12/21/2008 2:11 PM
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced the investment of $30 million as part of PennDOT's Rail Freight Capital Budget/Transportation Assistance program and a separate $8.5 million in Rail Freight Assistance grants.
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By host on
12/21/2008 12:18 PM
The government of Canada and the Province of Ontario offered the auto industry 4 billion Canadian dollars in emergency loans on Saturday.
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By host on
12/19/2008 4:18 PM
TRCP’s Escape to the Wild returns to VERSUS Country for an all-new season of making ordinary sportsmen’s extraordinary dreams come true, beginning with Chicago pipefitter Wes Blankenship as he scales Idaho's rugged Clearwater Mountains in search of spring black bear.
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By host on
12/19/2008 10:56 AM
The U.S. auto industry will receive emergency loans of up to $17.4 billion from the federal government in return for an extensive restructuring, President Bush announced this morning.
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By host on
12/18/2008 3:19 PM
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Los Angeles congresswoman Hilda Solis to run the U.S. Department of Labor.
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By host on
12/18/2008 10:51 AM
It should come as no surprise that the same Bush administration that gave suitcases full of taxpayer cash to Iraq with no accountability about how it was spent has done pretty much the same thing in its handling of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.
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By host on
12/16/2008 1:14 PM
The SMWIA has arranged with the AFL-CIO’s Union Privilege program to market HVAC residential services to several million union members who participate in this union benefits program.
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By host on
12/16/2008 9:48 AM
A proposed law (A.B. 2369) was sent to the governor which would increase existing penalties for prevailing wage violations.
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