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Taking aim at Wall Street, labor launches Week of Action for jobs
March 4, 2010The nation's labor movement will hold picket lines and rallies in front of banks and financial institutions in 200 cities March 15-20, under the banner "Good Jobs Now, Make Wall Street Pay."
Read moreObama administration giving only verbal support for Employee Free Choice
March 4, 2010Responses to questions to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis at a top labor meeting indicate that the White House is not actively pushing the Employee Free Choice Act.
Read moreAFL-CIO to merge politics, jobs campaigns
March 3, 2010The AFL-CIO will integrate its political drive with its pro-jobs campaign this year, holding politicians accountable and refusing to support those who don't actually do something to help suffering workers, top leaders say.
Read moreTeachers’ union leader scores administration for backing mass firings
March 2, 2010As top union leaders met yesterday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, criticized the Obama administration for backing mass teacher firings in Rhode Island.
Read moreUnions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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