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Ohio labor rallies for Obama

September 18, 2012 By Rick Nagin

At the Ohio State AFL-CIO Convention delegates heard a continuous cascade of powerful appeals to fully mobilize labor behind the President in the all-important November election.

On the 202nd anniversary of Mexican independence

September 18, 2012 By Emile Schepers

On Sept.16, Mexico celebrated its two hundred and second independence day. Is independence slipping through the Mexican people's fingers?

Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops

September 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.

Florida’s economy lags behind nation; low wages contribute

September 12, 2012 By Dan Margolis

Florida workers were hit hard by the Great Recession and the economic recovery is coming to them more slowly than their counterparts in other states across the nation.

UAW’s King praises Obama’s ‘moral courage’ in auto firm rescue

September 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

In a Sept. 5 prime time speech to the Democratic National Convention, King said Obama went against popular sentiment when he constructed the rescue plan for the two firms.