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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Volkswagen Vote is Defeat for Labor in South — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a defeat for organized labor in the South, employees at the Volkswagen plant here voted 712 to 626 against joining the United Automobile Workers. — The loss is an especially stinging blow for U.A.W. because Volkswagen …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Auto workers reject union in Tennessee — Employees at a Volkswagon plant in Tennessee have rejected joining the United Automobile Workers union in a major defeat for organized labor in the South. — The workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga voted 712-626 to stay out of the union …
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Reuters:
Obama weighs in on contentious union vote at Volkswagen plant — (Reuters) - P resident Barack Obama on Friday waded into a high-stakes union vote at Volkswagen AG's plant in Tennessee, accusing Republican politicians who oppose unionization of being more concerned about German shareholders than U.S. workers.
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Neal E. Boudette / Wall Street Journal:
Union Suffers Big Loss at Tennessee VW Plant — Volkswagen workers rejected the UAW by a vote of 712 to 626. — The United Auto Workers union suffered a crushing defeat Friday, falling short in an election in which it seemed to have a clear path to organizing workers at Volkswagen AG 's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Detroit Free Press:
VW workers in Tennessee reject UAW in devastating defeat for union
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
High cost of an ego trip — Very few Americans know how close the country came to catastrophe this week. — The final tally shows that the Senate voted by a wide margin Wednesday, 67 to 31, to break Sen. Ted Cruz's filibuster of an increase in the debt limit, thus avoiding a default on the United States' full faith and credit.
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Investor's Business Daily:
California's Drought Isn't Due To Global Warming, But Politics — Water Wars: President Obama visited California's drought-hit Central Valley Friday, offering handouts and blaming global warming. But the state's water shortage is due to the left's refusal to deal with the state's water needs.
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Susan Levine / Politico:
GOP: Obamacare hitting seniors hard — Republican Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida took aim today at Obamacare's impact on older Americans, saying that seniors across the country are paying “more money for fewer choices, less access and far less peace of mind.” — In the GOP's weekly address …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Cuba shuts down US travel visas — The government of Cuba announced late Friday that it will no longer process visas for U.S. travel to Cuba. — Cuba said travel will end until a new U.S. bank can be found to process visa fees that are collected and routed to Cuba.
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Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Actress Ellen Page: “I am gay” — Coming out in Hollywood — (CNN) — Hollywood actress Ellen Page, known for her role in the movie “Juno,” announced she is gay, in a very public way. — Page broke the news during an emotional speech Friday in a crowded conference hall in Las Vegas, her publicist confirmed to CNN.
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Agence France Presse:
1 in 4 Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun — Chicago (AFP) - Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out Friday. — The survey included more than 2,200 people …
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Innovation, Optimism and Jobs — Is digital technology destroying middle-class jobs? Does it exacerbate income inequality? Does it boost economic growth and productivity — without creating the jobs that ought to come with economic growth? — Last month I gave space to a book titled …
Ed Rogers / PostPartisan:
The Insiders: The IRS, the Democrats' cat's paw — Encouraged by the lack of a public backlash, an uninquisitive press, cover from the White House and an eager-to-please bureaucracy, the Democrats are boldly counting on the IRS to be their political and policy enforcer.This statement …
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