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  Unions Are Good for State Economies

  
  More Unionized Workers Would Be Even Better
  Fact sheets from the American Worker Project show how unions help workers in California, Louisiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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  The Past Is Prologue

  
  Opposition to Health Care Reform
  A review of the opposition to the last major push for health care reform in 1994, plus alerts for today.

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  Lifetime Losses

  
  The Career Wage Gap
  A new report from Jessica Arons shows that over a lifetime of work, women and their families face sizeable shortfalls in income.

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  Map: The Career Wage Gap

  
  Gaps by States, Education, Occupation
  An interactive map illustrates the gaps in pay for women on different education levels and occupations across all 50 states.

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  Enforcing Change

  
  Five Strategies for Enforcing Workers’ Rights
  Report from David Madland and Karla Walter outlines five strategies for the Obama administration to enforce workers’ rights at the Department of Labor.

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  Making Contracting Work

  
  Government Spending Must Lead to Good Jobs
  David Madland and Michael Paarlberg argue that the federal government needs to better enforce existing laws and regulations, and focus on raising standards.

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  Conservatives Will Decide Bailout Fate

  
  Blue-Collar Jobs at Stake
  Pro-Wall Street senators will cast the deciding vote about whether to help out auto industries and American workers, writes Daniel J. Weiss.

Cash for Clunkers: A plan for vehicle recovery as a green stimulus strategy to retain auto industry jobs, reduce oil dependence, and save consumers at the pump.

Reproductive Rights: Reproductive rights are about more than abortion, writes Shira Saperstein. They also encompass safe pregnancy, parenting, and marriage.

Helping the Jobless: CAPAF, Half in Ten, and the National Employment Law Project show in a new report how helping the unemployed benefits the economy.

Restoring Financial Markets: CAPAF's Michael Barr testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about initiatives to strengthen financial markets.

Homeland Security and the Transition: CAPAF and Third Way present an outline of a transition plan for homeland security for the incoming administration.

Health Care and Stimulus: CAPAF Senior Fellow Gene Sperling testifies in the House on the benefits of addressing health care in a second economic stimulus package.