Labor Day Marks the Beginning of Union Label Week
From Labor Day, Monday, September 3, through Sunday September 9, 2012, American labor will observe Union Label Week—the time traditionally set aside for union families and all consumers to make a special effort to support good jobs by looking for union-made goods and...
Wal-Mart May Sell Groceries, Blue Jeans, and CD’s But their Single Largest Product is Poverty
By Maria Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Decades ago the saying, "What's good for General Motors is good for the country," was largely true. Those unionized standards set the bar for the whole economy and...
