With the Democratic Congress, Groups Gear Up for Fight Over Paid Sick Days
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Many Democrats, womenÂs organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days.
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Like squabbling kids, companies and workers have argued over the Family and Medical Leave Act ever since the law was passed in 1993.
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more Americans without health insurance.
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Eight lost their jobs, leading Democratic lawmakers to try to rein in presidential powers.
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They call themselves the "30-Something Working Group," a loose collection of House Democrats in their 30s and 40s who have begun making waves.
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Democrats rewarded organized labor Thursday for helping them retake control of Congress, passing a House bill that would make it easier for workers to start unions against companies' wishes.
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Angry members of Congress  took federal health officials to task yesterday for what they said was a pattern of being "soft" on government scientists found to have violated ethics rules.
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Campaign aides for the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been working together on how to keep their bosses apart &#151; at least for a while.
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In the most contentious clash between business and labor groups of the new Congress, the House yesterday passed legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize unions -- a measure that President Bush has promised to veto and that Senate Republican leaders have vowed to filibuster.
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As Congress reconvenes this week, businesses and their lobbyists are gearing up to fight a series of proposed changes to immigration law that they say will complicate hiring.
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Campaign staff for the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been working together on how to keep their bosses apart &#151; at least for a while.
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SEATTLE -- Seeking better health insurance coverage for themselves, workers at one of the nation&#39;s oldest health maintenance organizations are on strike.
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House Democrats led a revolt Thursday against just-implemented interpretations that critics argue could block millions of workers from overtime pay.
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Is there no rest for the weary lawmaker? "Members Resist Five-Day Workweek," one of the Capitol Hill newspapers proclaimed on its front page yesterday. Senators were "ready to revolt" and House members were "simmering" over their legislative demands.
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Imagine showing up to work one day and finding half your co-workers out sick. Imagine the business world in slow motion, healthy workers overburdened by taking on the jobs of the
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Doctors around the country are increasingly using methods popularized by labor unions to gain leverage in their fight against rising premiums for malpractice coverage.
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FREDERICK, Md. -- Doctors in Maryland and around the country are increasingly using methods popularized by labor organizers to counter rising premiums for malpractice coverage.