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  • Hollywood to the docks  labor power fills the streets

    Hollywood to the docks labor power fills the streets

    April 26, 2008

    LOS ANGELES — More than 5,000 union activists and supporters rallied at the harbor here, April 17, roaring their approval of an assertive, one-for-all and all-for-one strategy to change the national and local direction this year.

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  • Senate GOP blocks Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Bill

    Senate GOP blocks Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Bill

    April 25, 2008

    WASHINGTON (PAI)--Again turning their backs on workers, Senate Republicans mustered enough votes to defeat pro-labor legislation on April 23. In this case, it was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay bill, which garnered a 56-42 majority, but...

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  • Metro Detroit AFL-CIO supports national health care

    Metro Detroit AFL-CIO supports national health care

    April 24, 2008

    DETROIT — Almost every hand went up when John Dick asked the audience: “Who knows someone without health care?” Dick, from National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 3126 in Royal Oak, Mich., was giving a presentation...

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  • Hollywood to the docks  labor power fills the streets

    Hollywood to the docks labor power fills the streets

    April 24, 2008

    LOS ANGELES — More than 5,000 union activists and supporters rallied at the harbor here, April 17, roaring their approval of an assertive, one-for-all and all-for-one strategy to change the national and local direction this year.

    Read more
  • A wolf in sheeps clothing: Vote No on 98, Yes on 99!

    A wolf in sheeps clothing: Vote No on 98, Yes on 99!

    April 24, 2008

    Dueling ballot initiatives dealing with the same subject — reforming the government’s ability to take private property under eminent domain — will share center stage in California’s June 3 statewide primary election. Though the official titles...

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