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Labor mobilizes to save Voting Rights Act

February 27, 2013 By John Wojcik

Voting rights were high on the agenda of the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting February 27 as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to Section 5 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Labor leaders demand Senate action on NLRB

February 27, 2013 By John Wojcik

As expected, the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement Feb. 26 on the ongoing attempt by anti-worker politicians and their corporate sponsors to destroy the National Labor Relations Board

AFL-CIO to squeeze Senate Dems on NLRB

February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik

"We have decided," said Larry Cohen, president of CWA, "that in today's America it is unacceptable that we cannot fill the position on a labor board designed to protect the rights of American workers."

State takeovers of cities and schools are un-American

February 21, 2013 By John Henry

Michigan's state takeovers of cities and school districts have been very harmful to the public's interests.

Pelosi vows to curb corporate cash if Dems retake House

February 8, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The veteran lawmaker said she wants to overturn the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that produced a tsunami of corporate campaign cash.