unions
More AFL-CIO Convention coverage here than anywhere else
September 19, 2013Many of our hardest working union sisters and brothers just completed the most important AFL-CIO convention in history.
Read moreWall Street Journal blind to Supreme Court’s impact on union membership
September 19, 2013The Wall Street Journal editorial board suggested the decline in union membership is due to lack of employee interest, but ignored some facts.
Read moreLabor to “play heavily” in state elections next year
September 18, 2013Organized labor, with its community allies, will "play heavily" in state gubernatorial and legislative races next year, its top two political operatives say.
Read more“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal
September 17, 2013America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...
Read moreAFL-CIO to unite with allies for job safety
September 16, 2013"The right to a safe job is a fundamental worker right. All workers should be able to go to work and return home safely at the end of the day."
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