Steelworkers back renewed ‘Buy America’ push
Steelworkers are strongly supporting a new "Buy America" jobs push, targeted at infrastructure projects, proposed Rep. Nick Rahall and colleagues.
Right wing push to destroy labor board comes to a head
A right-wing scheme to incapacitate the National Labor Relations Board was derailed in the nation's capital this week.
Farmworker rights bill awaits Calif. gov’s signature
Now awaiting California Gov. Jerry Brown's signature is a bill to greatly strengthen the rights of the state's 400,000 farmworkers.
Communications workers target GOP
CWA launched a "Countdown to Shutdown" advertising campaign, sending flyers to 600,000 voters in 25 swing districts of Republican lawmakers on Aug. 30.
Labor to campaign for Obama in 2012
Organized labor will not allow a Republican to win the presidency, Michael Podherzer, the AFL-CIO's political director said.
Labor mobilizes in congressional districts in August
Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say, are mad.
AFL-CIO creates SuperPAC in political revamp
The labor movement is seeking to expand its influence in the political arena beyond its own membership.
Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis
Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.
It’s our turn: Campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5 takes off
"You will take this fight over the finish line," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka told Ohio union leaders yesterday. "You will restore the rights of 365,000 public employees!"
Labor, democracy and the debt ceiling
Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.
