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NEA President Reg Weaver at pre-DNC labor rally

Labor activists speak up at pre-DNC labor rally

Illinois leaders speak at DNC

As Democrats rally for unity behind Barack Obama’s run for president at their party’s national convention in Denver, the opening day featured appearances by labor, state and city leaders from Obama’s home state, Illinois. President of...

World-class service at union hotel

It was a surprise when I walked into a labor caucus meeting here to be greeted with such warmth and friendliness by the Hyatt Regency banquet staff. A young 30-something woman with a chopstick-like pin spearing...

Labor continues to oppose Colombia free trade pact

While Colombian representatives lobby the Democratic and Republican conventions in support of the Bush administration’s Colombia Free Trade Act, the U.S. labor movement continues its opposition to the pact, signed in November 2006 but put on...