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Memo to Obamas auto task force: build mass transit
March 7, 2009DETROIT — As the situation for autoworkers and all American workers continues to decline, stopping the hemorrhaging loss of jobs is clearly a top priority. So here’s a suggestion for President Obama’s auto task force: include...
Read moreNational AFL-CIO calls on California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8
March 7, 2009MIAMI - As the AFL-CIO Executive Council gathers in Miami this week, hearing addresses from Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis dealing with the economic crisis and its impact on workers across...
Read moreAFL-CIO endorses talks aimed at labor unity
March 7, 2009MIAMI — “Now is the time to bring the union movement back together,” the AFL-CIO declared in a March 4 statement authorizing discussions aimed at re-uniting its unions with those of the rival Change to Win...
Read moreAcropolis closed due to strike
March 7, 2009The archaeological site of Acropolis, Greece's most attractive tourist site, was closed on Thursday due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees.
Read moreAFL-CIO backs reunification talks with Change to Win
March 7, 2009MIAMI -(PAI) An AFL-CIO statement has given the green light to ongoing talks designed to reunify the nation’s competing union federations. As approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Miami Wednesday, the statement says “now is...
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