Public Workers
Reader voices: City workers have HOPE on their side
September 5, 2012HOPE met to discuss the coming class battle over pension funds. This is the same struggle seen in Wisconsin and all over the country.
Read moreAFL-CIO President Trumka to speak at Dem convention
September 4, 2012Trumka "will stress the importance of electing leaders like President Barack Obama who will stand with working people in creating an economy that works for all."
Read moreReport: Public sector cuts kill private jobs, too
July 23, 2012Public sector job cuts are politically motivated, orchestrated by the Republicans and disproportionately hurting women and minorities.
Read moreNEA meets; Biden blasts GOP as anti-public education
July 6, 2012Republicans - presumed presidential nominee Mitt Romney included - have become anti-public education, Democratic Vice President Joseph Biden says.
Read moreMichigan ‘protect our jobs’ petition passes signature threshold
June 22, 2012Michigan's Protect Our Jobs coalition has gathered more than double the amount of signatures necessary to put a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining union rights on the Nov. 6 ballot.
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