On his first full day as AFL-CIO president, Richard Trumka increased the membership by more than a quarter million. Asserting that "our 265,000...
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When the Pittsburgh police announced “anyone who doesn’t clear the street will be arrested” outside the movie theater the show had...
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The sense of optimism and energy are palpable today in Pittsburgh as delegates at the AFL-CIO convention anticipate a rousing address from a friend of...
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Leaders from twenty-three U.S. labor unions, representing three-fifths of the AFL-CIO, took part this week in a two-day conference organized by the...
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Progressive groups are poised to spend more than $82 million to support President Obama's goal of achieving quality, affordable health care for all...
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Scholars across the country are calling for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, in letters to Congress, symposiums, rallies, and roundtables...
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The AFL-CIO is reporting that a new report released by University of Illinois Professor Robert Bruno demonstrates that majority sign up does not cause...
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A new union survey of more than 100 health care facilities across the country reveals that many are not adequately prepared to protect workers’...
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Mark H. Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, testified this morning before the Senate Health, Education,...
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Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th U.S. Surgeon General (2002-2006), president of the non-profit Canyon Ranch Institute, and National...
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