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The Flatter Tax

January 30, 2012By Ed Koch Commentary                       I don’t believe class conflict is harmful to our country, as long as it is limited to elections.  It is also helpful if the

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Cablevision Workers Vote CWA

January 27, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter  It’s been a bruising five-month campaign for the 282 Cablevision workers in Brooklyn. But on Thursday, January 26, they made history by voting

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Fidler and Supporters at The Kitchen

January 26, 2012By Bendix Anderson, LaborPress Senior Editor Downstairs at the Woolworth Building, in the back barroom of The Kitchen restaurant, a few dozen labor advocates, elected officials and political

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“Romney-Likes-Firing-People”

January 23, 2012By Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney—who killed thousands of jobs as a corporate raider—recently said he “likes being able to fire people.” 

 Romney’s record

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Mayor Selling Out Manhattan

January 23, 2012By Scott M. Stringer, Manhattan Borough PresidentMayor Bloomberg has announced a plan to sell three city-owned buildings in Lower Manhattan for a one-time infusion of cash into the

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