Congress

Joint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs

September 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.

Smiley and West’s Poverty Tour: A call for unconditional brotherhood

August 24, 2011 By Glenn Ramsey

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West brought the last stop of their "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" to Memphis, Tennessee. The location was chosen in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s support for sanitation workers and...

New federal immigration policy a step forward, supporters say

August 23, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Last week the Obama administration announced it would suspend deportation proceeding against thousands of undocumented immigrants that pose no serious threat to national security or public safety.

Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights

August 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.

Labor mobilizes in congressional districts in August

August 11, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say,...