Labor
Fed already moving vs. shenanigans at polls
August 8, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--Remember Florida’s hanging chads in 2000? Or the long lines due to the lack of voting machines in Columbus, Ohio in 2004? The nation’s unions do. Led by AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker,...
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Michigan labor rejects McCain’s energy policy, demands alternatives
August 8, 2008Monroe County, Mich. – I don't usually try to see how 'close' I can get to a nuclear power plant but whenever John McCain steps foot in Michigan, labor has vowed to be there to 'greet'...
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AFL-CIO goal: filibuster-proof senate majority
August 7, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--The AFL-CIO has set a political goal, second only to helping presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama win the White House, of achieving a filibuster-proof 60-vote pro-worker majority in this year’s elections. But to do so...
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Protests send strong message to Verizon
August 7, 2008More than 300 members of Local 1109 of the CWA/IBEW rallied outside of a Verizon facility in Brooklyn today to send a strong message to Verizon. This is a fight for working families throughout the country...
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Union leaders confront race-and-politics issue head-on
August 6, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--Facing the fact that many unionists may be reluctant to vote for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidency because he is African-American, union leaders meeting in Chicago decided to confront that issue head-on by...
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