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SEIU’S Henry urges Obama to let undocumented adults stay

November 20, 2014 By PAI

SEIU president Mary Kay Henry joined 15 other leaders in urging President Obama to let an estimated five to six million undocumented adults stay in the U.S.

Today in labor history: Atlanta workers engage in sit-down strike

November 18, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Workers at the General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia participated in a sit-down strike, which was part of a greater ongoing wave of labor organizing during the 1930s.

South Bay labor charts course for post-election struggles

November 18, 2014 By Henry Millstein

Despite setbacks, the mood at the meeting of the South Bay Labor Council was positive: "We need to advance our own agenda," regardless of who is in the mayor's seat.

After tough election, labor leaders say unions are here to stay

November 17, 2014 By John Wojcik

"What happened in this election," Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO declared, "is that the vast majority of the voters stayed home."

AFL-CIO to push economic agenda starting with January wage summit

November 13, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO will strongly push its economic agenda, emphasizing job creation and raising workers' incomes, starting with a "wage summit" in January in D.C.