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Building Trades leader: U.S. needs $4 trillion for infrastructure repairs

October 24, 2017 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The U.S. needs to spend $4 billion yearly for needed infrastructure repairs, the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions says.

Have a little faith: Union leader preaches the “union gospel”

October 23, 2017 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Go out and tell the Good News that the labor movement is being reborn and revived.

AFL-CIO declares jury is in: Trump is not keeping his promises

October 23, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Federation president Richard Trumka: "Trump promised infrastructure. Nothing. He promised to bring manufacturing back. Didn’t happen."

As AFL-CIO convention opens, Trumka emphasizes need to battle income inequality

October 22, 2017 By John Wojcik

Income inequality and the wage gap are more than simply unfair, according to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.

AFL-CIO delegates walk out to join Black Lives Matter protesters

October 22, 2017 By Chauncey K. Robinson

To keep BLM activists out, every door was chained shut on the orders of convention center management. So AFL-CIO delegates left their hall to join the protest.