Labor
Connecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012
September 8, 2011This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.
Read morePublic support grows for government jobs program
September 7, 2011"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.
Read moreLabor Day protestors demand jobs and fair trade deals
September 7, 2011Steelworkers and 1,000 others protested against a new free trade agreement being negotiated for the Pacific Rim countries.
Read moreWorkers blast threat to shut down U.S. Postal Service
September 6, 2011Postal Service employees say threats by the U.S. Postal Service to shut down this winter because of a $9.2 billion deficit are part of a "manufactured crisis" designed to privatize the world's largest mail delivery system.
Read morePresident Obama: Unions key to economic recovery
September 6, 2011The president of the United States, the nation's labor leaders and one of America's cultural icons teamed up here on Labor Day to boost the labor movement, which they said is crucial to any economic revovery.
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