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Consumerism December 20, 2015

California farmer locked in battle with union

Six months ago, workers at one of the largest fruit farms in the U.S. went to the ballot box to decide if they would continue to be represented by the United Farm Workers, which won that right two decades ago but never forged a labor contract.

Lobbying December 20, 2015

Union leaders warn Keystone rejection would hurt Democrats in November

Leaders of the nation's building trades unions renewed their demands Tuesday that President Obama approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, suggesting that there could be consequences for Democrats in the November elections if the project is rejected.

Lobbying May 7, 2015

What's in your summer burger? Why your government doesn't want you to know

Even if they are not the hippest foodies, most people who buy hamburger for a late summer cookout want to know the source of their ground beef. If not the specific farm or state or even region, whether the meat is American-raised or has traveled across the globe from who knows where matters to a lot of Americans. That insistence on our right to know about our food is why federal law requires that meat be labeled with the country of origin. Or it used to do that.

Lobbying May 6, 2015

Congress must make Chemical Safety Act live up to its name

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century has a nice ring to it. Named for the late, longtime New Jersey Senator who passed away in 2013, the bill, championed in the Senate by Republican David Vitter and Democratic Tom Udall, would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA). It is a shame that both the current and proposed legislation fall far short of their lofty names, and that countless Americans have suffered, are suffering, will suffer as a result.