Word: labors
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...Labor...
Finally, a resurgent organized labor movement demonstrated that it still has relevance and electoral power. The AFL-CIO--although outspent by corporate PACs by a margin of about four-to-one--produced a nationwide ad campaign that framed many of the crucial issues of the 1996 election and put Republicans on the defensive for their attacks on crucial domestic programs such as Medicare and student aid. Labor was most powerful here in Massachusetts. Working men and women stood up for a pro-labor Senator, John Kerry, and defeated a formidable Republican candidate in Gov. Bill Weld. Labor was also crucial...
...most effective modern campaigns in memory and running against a discombobulated, disorganized and weak Dole campaign, Bill Clinton only managed to capture 49 percent of the vote to Bob Dole's 42 percent. After launching an unsuccessful bid to take over Congress with the help of Big Labor, Bill Clinton finds himself with a House of Representatives that has only two fewer Republican members than it had after the 1994 election and a Senate that has two more Republican members than it did before the election. Knowing this, it is little wonder that the White House has not wasted...
...terms of the new contract and the way it was ratified. They were given less than an hour to read a summary of the new contract before they were forced to vote on it. This discontent led some of the custodial workers to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board urging them to nullify the contract...
...hopeful that the new union will be able to breathe new life into labor negotiations at Harvard. Since its formation represents a rejection of the policies and leadership style of Local 254, we assume that it will more aggressively pursue the interests of Harvard's employees. Neither Harvard nor the old union were able to ensure that workers would always be treated fairly in labor disputes. The formation of a new union is especially prescient given that the guards are currently working without a contract and will shortly begin negotiations with the University over a new contract...