Hunger Striker Hospitalized, Others Rally on Capitol Hill

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Mike Hall This morning, Christopher Glory, in the eighth day of a water-onlyhunger strike to demand the U.S. government put an end to the abuses in a visa program that workers’ rights ad... more

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Mine Workers Back Obama for President

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Seth Michaels The Mine Workers (UMWA) union has endorsed Sen.Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president.   The National Council of the Coal Miners’ Political Action Committee of t... more

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McCain: Out of Touch on Trade

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Seth Michaels At a speech in Florida yesterday, Sen. John McCainmade a baffling pronouncement: The rising discontent in our country is not due to job losses, home foreclosures or the health care crisis,... more

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Kentucky, West Virginia Union Members Ask McCain About the Economy

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Seth Michaels On Friday, Sen. John McCain took a campaign swing through two states and, as they have in cities and towns across the nation, union members mobilized to ask him about the important is... more

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Casino Workers Protest Unfair Treatment at Foxwoods

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by James Parks As the celebrities and invitation-only guests poured into the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Ledyard, Conn., over the weekend, they met some unexpected greeters—casino emplo... more

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How Fast Can You Surf? Take CWA’s Speed Test

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Mike Hall Are you one of the millions of Americans in rural or low-income urban areas who doesn’t have access to high-speed Internet and can only go online via frustratingly slow dial-up? You wait and ... more

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McCain Confronted About Jobs in Washington State

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Seth Michaels Sen. John McCain took his campaign to Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., this week, and, as usual, he was confronted with AFL-CIO union members asking him for answers about the ec... more

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Young Workers, Positive About Unions, Face Economic Squeeze

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by James Parks Two new reports show today’s young workers are being squeezed by high costs of living and low or stagnant wages and they want the government to do more to solve this nation’s economic... more

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House Passes, Bush Wants to Veto, Unemployment Measure

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by Mike Hall On Friday, May 16th,The House voted (256–166) a measure to help long-term jobless workers who face difficult times finding new work in the sputtering Bush economy with an extra 13 w... more

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Tell Us What You Think: The 2008 Working Woman Survey

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

 by James Parks If you are a working woman, are you worried about finding a job that pays your bills and provides benefits? Or concerned about the rising cost of health care? Maybe you’re fr... more

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