Labor
Labor hits delay on new safety rule
March 28, 2012The Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget is sitting on - apparently indefinitely - a proposed job safety rule to cut worker exposure to silica dust.
Read morePennsylvania unions blast new voter ID law
March 27, 2012HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has become the latest large state to enact a so-called "voter ID" law, and it would deprive 700,000 people of the right to vote, thus drawing a blast from the state AFL-CIO....
Read moreMO unions plan legislative fightback
March 27, 2012The Missouri AFL-CIO Labor Legislative Conference provides union members with an opportunity to talk with their state representatives and state senators about issues important to working families.
Read moreCan labor recover from its critics? A reply to Francis Fox-Piven
March 27, 2012The labor movement has more than its share of critics. It seems like nearly everyone is ready to give it advice, whether solicited or not.
Read moreLabor says nation’s health at stake in Supreme Court battle
March 26, 2012The right wing's use of the Supreme Court to try to destroy President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act endangers the very health of the American people.
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