(By Shirley Halperin, THR, Dec. 27)

Tragedy nearly struck in the last minutes of the X Factor finale as a stair riser came unhinged and hit two stagehands in the head and another in the elbow.

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(By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers, CalLabFed, Dec. 21)

Amid prolonged, painfully high unemployment, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer for the past year tirelessly advocated a simple solution – buy American-made products. She clearly explained the reasoning: every American dollar spent on an American-made product helps create an American job.

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(PR – Market Watch-The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 21)

CHICAGO, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As Award Season Nears, Teamsters Secure First New Wages in Four Years. Hollywood's biggest awards will continue to be made by American labor after the Chicago Teamsters reached a contract agreement on Dec. 22 with the longtime manufacturers of the Oscars and Emmy Awards.

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(Arizona AFL-CIO)

Phoenix – The Arizona AFL-CIO is once again demanding the immediate resignation of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio following Wednesday’s Department of Justice report that found Arpaio and his deputies racially profile Latinos, retaliate against its critics and have adopted a "chronic culture of disregard for basic legal and constitutional obligations."

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(By Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Blog - 12/1/11)

If you’ve been following the race for the Republican presidential nomination—and who doesn’t love a circus—you’ve probably noticed that Mitt Romney is being portrayed as somewhat of a moderate in this collection of extreme conservatives. Not when it comes to workers’ rights.

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(By Robert Struckman, AFL-CIO Blog - 12/1/11)

Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl doesn’t want to to pay for a one-year extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut by taxing the wealthiest 1 percent. He wants to take it out of the pay of federal workers.

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