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Andrew Cuomo and state organized-labor leaders are exploring the idea of tapping private and public pension funds to help pay for an array of construction projects, including the overhaul of the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to people familiar with the matter.
Looking to Pension Funds to Pay for Projects Jacob Gershman 2011
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Top aides say his fiery Labor Day speech to an organized-labor crowd in Ohio was a preview of a more passionate case for reform that's coming later this week.
Aides: President to be 'very forceful' in Wednesday address 2009
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Top aides say his fiery Labor Day speech to an organized-labor crowd in Ohio was a preview of a more passionate case for reform that's coming later this week.
Aides: President to be 'very forceful' in Wednesday address 2009
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NFL players decertified their union to circumvent organized-labor laws and file a class-action lawsuit.
Preparing to Sacrifice Al Lewis 2011
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The press remains, as it has been for some time, under pressure from the government and its organized-labor allies to engage in self-censorship.
Kirchner Copies Peron's Model Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
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- South Korea free-trade agreement, a move that risks riling his organized-labor allies but which could be a winner if he gets South Korea to open the door to more American auto and beef exports.
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Also outraged are the organized-labor groups so influential in the Democratic presidential nomination race.
Clinton Aide 2008
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The Democrat opposed the Colombia pact, saying the South American country remains hostile to organized-labor leaders.
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The Democrat in the race was a struggling, organized-labor type, and as far as I could tell was neither hip nor in any way cool.
Welcome to Nixonland 2008
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The early republic organized-labor movement ended abruptly with the economic dislocation caused by the Panic of 1837, which sent a ripple through working men's neighborhoods as thousands lost their jobs and thousands more scrambled to make ends meet.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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