Unions Lend Helping Hand to Midwest Flood Victims
Region: Iowa
By James Parks for AFL-CIO NOW As last month’s devastating floods in the Midwest crept toward Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dean Shannon, secretary of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7101, came home to find a We... more
Views: 1641Senate Votes to Extend Unemployment Insurance
Region: United StatesMike Hall More than a half year after the AFL-CIO urged Congress to provide extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to jobless workers who exhaust theirs without finding new work, Congress pa... more
Views: 1850AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Honors Liberian Rubber Workers
Region: United States
The AFL-CIO honored the rubber workers’ union, the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL), with its 2007George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for "courage, innovation and leadership." ... more
Views: 2692AFL-CIO Endorses Obama, Launches ‘Meet Barack Obama’
Region: United States
The AFL-CIO yesterday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. The AFL-CIO General Board, which voted to endorse Obama, includes presidents of all 56 unions in the AFL-CIO, as well as Executive Council members ... more
Views: 1337Peru: President Says Country Closer to Overcoming Poverty
Region: Peru
President Alan Garcia has claimed that Peru is a step away from overcoming poverty and soon will no longer be a developing nation. Garcia said that by the year 2015, less than 10% of Peruvians would be living in poverty. B... more
Views: 2495Strike Set at GM Factory in Ohio and More Bargaining News
Region: United States
by May Silverstein Some 1,650 hourly workers at a General Motors metal stamping factory in Ontario, Ohio, gave the company notice it will strike, and more news from “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” ... more
Views: 2825War and Workers’ Rights Highlight May Day Celebrations
Region: United States
by James Parks Workers around the globe today are celebrating International Labor Day, better known as May Day, to make it clear they want to live in a world where people live in peace and prosperity. On the ... more
Views: 1123Bill Would Extend Unemployment Insurance for Long-Term Jobless
Region: United States
by Mike Hall Earlier this year, the AFL-CIO pushed hard for Congress to extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits beyond the normal 26 weeks as part of a stimulus package to address growing ... more
Views: 2277Wal-Mart: Everyday Low Behavior
Region: United States
by Tula Connell Wal-Mart has been laying low, trying to spruce up its image in recent months. But two recent items show that fancy window dressing can’t hide the mega-giant retailer’s ugly a... more
Views: 1098AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Turns 100
Region: United States
by Mike Hall More than 3,000 union members and leaders this morning will kick off the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department’s (BCTD’s) annual National Legislative Conference that als... more
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