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AFL-CIO sends ‘to-do’ ideas to Obama team

January 28, 2009

WASHINGTON - Gathering ideas from unions, analyses and experts, the AFL-CIO sent a 16-page 'to do list' memo to the new Obama administration. The list submitted before the Democrat's inauguration, outlined a wide range of legislative...

Ohio town hall calls for end to raids

January 28, 2009

ASHTABULA, Ohio — Labor, community and religious leaders called for a united effort to end inhuman immigration raids, arrests and deportations at a town hall meeting here. The event, sponsored by the Ohio Coalition for Immigrant...

Human Rights Watch: employee free choice is a human right

January 28, 2009 By Seth Michaels

Original source: Under current labor law, the United States is strikingly deficient in protecting freedom of association and the freedom to form unions, says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an independent human-rights advocacy...

Union Hollywood stars light up red carpet

January 27, 2009

The stars were shining the night of Jan. 25 as union screen actors honored their co-workers at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show. The entire cast of “Slumdog Millionaire” walked off with the honor...

Humanitarian aid to Gaza is critical, Kucinich urges

January 27, 2009

With the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the challenge now is to provide humanitarian relief to Gaza as the first step towards resolution of the conflict, Congressman Dennis Kucinich told a large meeting Sunday at ACCESS, the...