Labor

Senate health bill protested at labor convention

September 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

PITTSBURGH- Delegates, alternates and others at the 26th AFL-CIO convention who are from states with Senators who serve on the Senate’s Finance Committee began calling those lawmakers Tuesday afternoon from the convention floor telling them that...

Illinois governor to strikers: ‘You speak for all on health care’

September 13, 2009 By John Bachtell

“This picket line is really speaking for all the people of Illinois who need decent health care,” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn told striking workers at SK Hand Tools Corporation. “Health care is not a privilege. It’s...

Labor Day, Abe Lincoln and the EFCA

September 13, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

I’ve been walking in the Labor Day parade here in St. Louis since I can remember. I come from a union family and as a union member and activist, I’ve always felt compelled to spend this...

Labor Day celebrated in Chicago with calls for solidarity

September 13, 2009 By John Bachtell

Even in the face of the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, "labor solidarity does indeed work." So declared Gail Warner before a festive Sept. 7 Labor Day event at the Pullman State Historic...

It’s the working class

September 13, 2009 By Scott Marshall

I got my all time favorite t-shirt from the AFL-CIO online store. It's black with red lettering and reads, "Kicking Ass for the Working Class." The "Kicking Ass" part appeals to my Southern roots, experiences like...