Labor

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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, says President Obama must be ousted in the next election because of government overreach, such as in higher education. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)

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Workers at the Three World Trade Center construction site in New York maneuver steel bars on Feb. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

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An ad telecast during the Super Bowl for the Employee Rights Act was shown in the D.C. market. The spot featured auto-shop workers complaining about union dues and questioning each other about why they joined the union. (Center for Union Facts)

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An unidentified man gets assistance from a staff member at the Department of Employment Services office on Minnesota Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., Monday, February 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Park maintenance employees wait across K Street in hazmat suits for police to clear sections of the Occupy encampment in McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** This photo from Dec. 13, 2011, shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Jan. 12, 2012, photo shows people waiting in line at a job fair employer hiring event for Safeway in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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In this Jan. 28, 2012 photo. job seekers Cameo Taylor, left, and Angelique McGuire, center, both of San Francisco, wait in line to register at a Career Fair event in San Francisco. The number of people seeking unemployment aid fell last week, a sign that companies are cutting fewer jobs and likely stepping up hiring. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Montana Democrat (left), and Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, confer during a meeting of the payroll-tax conferees Wednesday. Partisan debate on conditions to add to the federal unemployment benefits program threatens to bog down negotiations on extending the payroll-tax break. (Associated Press)

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American Airlines baggage handlers help passengers check luggage Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American's corporate leadership is having closed-door meetings with union representatives about the future of employees' jobs and pensions. (Associated Press)

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Union members protesting right-to-work legislation under consideration in the Indiana Senate wait to enter the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Slavko Rasevic has a blinking light bulb in his home that is powered through an extension cord stretching from his neighbor's house. He is one of the Serb veterans who was forced out of the Bosnian army after age 35, but didn't receive his promised pension checks. Many who fell into poverty are receiving unimaginable help from bitter enemies during the Bosnian War. (Associated Press)

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks Jan. 30, 2012, at the Labor Department in Washington to announce proposed rules to help caregivers of wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** An Afghan woman (center) peeks inside a hospital on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26, 2011, while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter. (Associated Press)

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Mark Blondin, Machinists Union national aerospace coordinator, hugs a Boeing worker after the announcement Dec. 7 that the union voted for a new contract. A Republican bill would require workers to reaffirm their faith in unions with a new vote every three years. (Associated Press)

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President George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address on Jan. 29, 2002, in Washington. Sunday will mark 10 years since that day, when Mr. Bush introduced the phrase "axis of evil." (Associated Press)

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Jason Weinstein, an account manager for Workforce1 Healthcare, discusses job opportunities Jan. 25, 2012, with attendees at JobEXPO's job fair in New York. (Associated Press)

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Indiana State Police stand guard at the entrance of the House of Representatives in Indianapolis during a debate Wednesday on a bill that would make Indiana the nation's 23rd state with a right-to-work law. Democrats fought the measure, which would ban unions from collecting mandatory dues from workers. (Associated Press)

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Tom Luna, the state superintendent for Idaho, had his truck vandalized after the state's Legislature ended "continuing contracts" for new teachers and said performance, not seniority, would determine layoffs. Many states are moving to weaken tenure rights for teachers. (Associated Press)