Author: Union Label Department, AFL-CIO
This is Not Your Father’s Labor Movement
As Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler reported at the last Executive Council meeting in Orlando, the AFL-CIO has undertaken an aggressive outreach program to young workers both in the labor movement, and outside, among activists and...
Read MoreAP-GfK Poll: Americans say US cars top Asian autos
By ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON – After a long romance with foreign rivals, America’s love affair with the automobile is returning to its roots with a revived affection for U.S.-made cars. Slightly more Americans now say the...
Read MoreHow a Republican Accounting Trick Is Destroying Unions, Pensions, and Public Institutions
By Bob Samuels President, University Council – AFT Posted: April 8, 2010 09:50 AM on the Huffington Post In 2004, Republicans in Congress helped to pass a new accounting requirement that threatens to destroy public...
Read MoreMichigan Public Workers Save the State $16 Million—and More Bargaining News
by Belinda Boyce, Mar 22, 2010 (from the AFL-CIO blog) Michigan public employees save the state nearly $16 million, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily,...
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