McCain's Colombia Policies Hurt Workers Here and Abroad
Region: United States
By Seth Michaels for AFL-CIO NOW While Sen. Barack Obama campaigns in America’s heartland over the Fourth of July holiday, Sen. John McCain is heading out of the country. He’s on his way to Colombia, w... more
Views: 905Honor Officer Rivera: Don't Slash Prison Staffing Budgets
Region: California
By James Parks for AFL-CIO NOW For years, AFGE’s Council of Prison Locals (CPL), the union representing correctional officers in the nation’s federal prisons, has been pushing for more funding and staffing to ... more
Views: 1575Bear Sterns B.S.
Region: United States
The views expressed in this article are not necessarily the endorsed by AFL-CIO or GroundReport.com By Jeff Crosby “We just lost a big chunk of our retirement,” grumbled more than one person down at the Union... more
Views: 1215Casino Workers Unionize, Can't Get Contract
Region: New Jersey
Posted by Tula Connell to AFL-CIO NOW Blog Marybeth Litcholt has worked as a casino dealer at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City since 1987. After 21 years on the job, she makes $9 an hour. Meanwhi... more
Views: 662Union Members Go Door-to-Door, Discuss Issues
Region: ColoradoPhil Hayes, Labor 2008 state director for Colorado, reports on member-to-member walks in Colorado this past weekend. Walks also took place in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and elsewhere across the nation. ... more
Views: 85690 Union Members Graduate from Labor College
Region: Maryland
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Blog Ninety union members reached a major milestone in their lives over the weekend, receiving their college degrees in ceremonies at the National Labor College (NLC). Former presiden... more
Views: 616Senate 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: 1846AFL-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: 2691AFL-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: 1336AFSCME Endorses Obama
Region: United StatesAFSCME has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president, following a unanimous vote today by the union’s International Executive Board in favor of the endorsement. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee said the ... more
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