AFL-CIO
Right now: 1,000 workers sit in and block Indiana state Senate
February 22, 2011A thousand union members and their allies are sitting in and blocking the entrances to the state Senate chamber in Indianapolis.
Read moreBig business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate
February 11, 2011Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...
Read moreDemonstrations, nationwide strike rock Egypt, world labor voices solidarity
February 1, 2011A general strike, to continue until Mubarak's government falls, has been called by the newly formed Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions.
Read moreLabor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges
January 26, 2011The labor movement is reacting positively to the vision of the future put forward by President Obama in his State of the Union speech.
Read moreTrumka: Voters don’t want to go back
November 2, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said as he wrapped up campaigning in Philadelphia on Election Day that voters "don't want to go back to the times when Wall Street controlled everything."
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