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Labor movement ‘fired up’ in Pittsburgh

September 18, 2009 By John Wojcik

PITTSBURGH – Fourteen hour days, five hours of sleep maximum, grabbing a bite of fast food only now and then – it's no problem, so far, for 3,000 delegates, guests and supporters well into their second...

AFSCME backs challenger in Detroit mayoral race

September 18, 2009 By John Rummel

In a reversal that caught few by surprise, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) withdrew its endorsement of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing giving it to challenger Tom Barrow for the city's upcoming...

A labor convention like no others opens in Pittsburgh

September 18, 2009 By John Wojcik

PITTSBURGH - A labor convention different in more ways than one from any prior gathering of the labor movement in U.S. history opened here yesterday.

Transit workers launch anti-Bloomberg campaign

September 17, 2009 By Dan Margolis

NEW YORK—The powerful Transport Workers Union Local 100 unveiled a new campaign aimed at ridding this city of its current mayor, the billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

AFL-CIO forsees victory on public option, EFCA

September 15, 2009 By John Wojcik

PITTSBURGH – Leaders of the U.S. labor movement, during interviews an hour before the 26th Convention of the AFL-CIO began its first full day of business here, expressed certainty that, before the year is out, the...