Yesterday, the Oklahoma House passed a bill that would give teachers and public employees a $6,000 dollar a year raise.
The bill was paid for by increasing taxes on oil and gas production in the state as well as increasing taxes on hotel costs, tobacco, and consumer usage of
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Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch for the Guardian on how unions views on immigration are changing as they help their members fight deportation:
Under the banner #FreeHugo, his union went all out on his behalf, holding rallies around the country to stop his deportation.
The pressure
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PITTSBURGH, PA. – To many national political observers, Conor Lamb’s victory in the #PA18 election result may seem like a shock. However, the district, which has 70,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, has long been home to socially conservative, union-supporting, and independent-minded voters known to flip tickets.
As the
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WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – On Sunday, former Marine Conor Lamb found himself desperately hiding in the back barn of the Greene County Fairgrounds refusing to answer questions about immigration.
The night before, Donald Trump had come to the district to campaign on behalf of Lamb’s opponent, Rick Saccone. Trump’s closing
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In the closing days of the #PA18 Special Election, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch from Waynesburg, PA for the Guardian looking at the misgivings of many in the labor movement, who are backing Conor Lamb:
“You elect this man to Congress and you won’t have
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