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Exploiting the battle between the governor and public employees in Wisconsin, frequent White House visitor, AFL-CIO Chief Richard Trumka has been trying to resuscitate a critically ill labor movement by setting up the entire conservative movement as the “enemy.” Trumka argues that the $14+ trillion dollar deficit is no big deal and that the GOP is trying to take money away from the middle class, only give it to those rich Wall Street CEOs. As Trumka’s participation in the public workers’ union protests grew, so did the number of incidents of union violence and thuggery associated with the them. This...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Ninety-two years after a sweatshop fire killed 146 young girls and women and triggered widespread labor reforms, the factory site was dedicated as a city landmark Tuesday. ``It was one of the worst industrial disasters, not just in New York City's history but really in the history of the whole country,'' Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the ceremony which unveiled a commemorative bronze wall plaque. ``It was horrific and worst of all it was largely preventable.'' The neo-Renaissance-style building in Greenwich Village, a national historic landmark since 1991, was not heavily damaged and today is used...