labor movement
AFL-CIO’s young workers plan second summit in Twin Cities
March 14, 2011The AFL-CIO's young workers advisory council is taking charge of the labor movement by making its leadership more youthful and is planning a second summit to take place in the fall.
Read moreHundreds in Ohio protest in-coming Kasich administration
January 12, 2011Thirty-six hours before Republican and former Fox News contributor John Kasich was sworn in as Ohio’s governor, people from across the state rallied voicing strong objections to his anti-labor, anti-environment and anti-student agenda.
Read moreWorkers bracing for “right-to-work” assault
December 6, 2010The right-wing Republican agenda is becoming more apparent as we inch closer and closer to January 2011 and the start of the new legislative session.
Read moreUnions were California’s election game-changer
November 24, 2010California's labor movement was the game-changer in the state's Democratic election sweep.
Read moreAmy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
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