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  1. Citizens United could be Obama's friend in Ohio
    CNN logo CNN 5 hours ago

    Follow CNNOpinion on Twitter and join us at Facebook.com/CNNopinion. What is really interesting about what happened in this Pennsylvania race, however, is that the AFL-CIO referred to what it was doing as a kind of "trial run" for the general election. Full Article at CNN

  2. Supreme Court decision on ACA will determine future of employer-based health insurance
    Med City News logo Med City News 7 hours ago
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    The fact that this leads to shortages, waiting lines, and rationing does not seem to concern those who have this single-minded goal. Before he became President, Senator Barack Obama addressed members of the AFL-CIO. He stated: “I happen to be a... Full Article at Med City News

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago
    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Members of the DC Labor Chours perform traditional workers' songs for about 300 people during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC...

    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Members of the DC Labor Chours perform traditional workers' songs for about 300 people during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC... View Photo »

  4. The AFL-CIO grass roots crusade will engage 400,000 members to canvass their co-workers and neighbors with a unity message for Obama. SEIU will mobilize another 200,000 members with the same goal
    SOURCE: Town Hall 2 weeks ago
  5. NC Lawmakers return to Raleigh with a bang
    NBC 17.com logo NBC 17.com 8 hours ago
    Pots and spoons protest in downtown Raleigh

    More than 100 people with groups including NC AFL-CIO, MoveOn.org, Action NC, Triangle Jobs with Justice will take part in a pots and spoons protest to get the attention of lawmakers who they say are "out-of-control". "It can be different," said Jeremy... Full Article at NBC 17.com

  6. Iowa View: Let's expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership
    Des Moines Register logo Des Moines Register 9 hours ago

    A photo released by the office of the U.S. trade representative last week is worth at least two. It shows Carol Guthrie, an American trade diplomat, meeting with what her office euphemistically calls key trade stakeholders. They are in fact some of the... Full Article at Des Moines Register

  7. Obama, Labor, and Marriage Equality
    Global Research logo Global Research 12 hours ago
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    President Obama made his very calculated public statement announcing that he was "personally" in favor of same sex marriage, among the many commentators who have rushed to his support have been a significant number of Labor leaders. Richard Trumka,... Full Article at Global Research

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago
    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Scott Roberts of Novi, MI, makes a sign as his dog, Luna, look on during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee,...

    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Scott Roberts of Novi, MI, makes a sign as his dog, Luna, look on during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee,... View Photo »

  9. AFL-CIO dumps Lincoln, backs Halter
    SOURCE: ARRA News Service 2 weeks ago
  10. AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit 2011
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 3 months ago
  11. Litchfield custodians union files labor complaint against education and town officials
    The Register Citizen logo The Register Citizen 16 hours ago

    AFSCME, AFL-CIO Local 1303-392 of Council 4 filed a complaint with the Connecticut labor department, claiming a violation in custodial workers’ rights. Union officials allege Litchfield town and education officials made the believed cost-savings move... Full Article at The Register Citizen

  12. President Obama's 'Bain battle' with Mitt Romney reaches Reno
    Reno Gazette-Journal logo Reno Gazette-Journal 19 hours ago

    In the late 1980s, Mitt Romney and his partners bought up hundreds of successful small clothing stores and formed Stage Stores, said Paul McKenzie, executive secretary-treasurer of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada, AFL-CIO. Full Article at Reno Gazette-Journal

  13. Obama, Kaine stand with union backers
    Washington Examiner logo Washington Examiner 19 hours ago

    Five days earlier, Kaine was also present with Obama for the president's speech to the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO union. Kaine stood by as Obama assailed right-to-work laws, like Virginia's. Obama bragged about his... Full Article at Washington Examiner

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  1. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Members of the DC Labor Chours perform traditional workers' songs for about 300 people during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist...
  2. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: About 300 people demonstrate in front of the White House as part of a May Day celebration May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World, Washington Peace Center, the...
  3. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: About 300 people march through the nation's capital on their way to the White House as part of a May Day celebration May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World,...
  4. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Scott Roberts of Novi, MI, makes a sign as his dog, Luna, look on during a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network,...
  5. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Gabriel Sufi of Vienna, VA, and Nurhussen Ahmed, 9, of Baltimore, MD, carry a flag while gathering with about 300 people for a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC...
  6. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: People weave in and out of one another as they wind red twine around a Maypole during a gathering of OccupyDC at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC...
  7. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: Michael Basillas of San Diego, CA, participates in a May Day celebration at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, May 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Basillas said he painted his body in purple, the color of royalty, and glitter to symbolize wealth and...
  8. Indiana AFL-CIO president Nancy Gayott, blue shirt center, leads union protestors on a march through the Super Bowl Village after the Senate votes to pass the right-to-work bill in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The governor is expected to sign the bill later in the day.
  9. AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott and Rep. Phil GiaQuinta, D-Fort Wayne, walk to an open caucus meeting in the Statehouse Rotunda Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Indianapolis. Indiana House Republicans on Wednesday approved $1,000-a-day fines against boycotting Democratic legislators who...

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 54 national and international unions (including Canadian), together representing more than 10 million workers. It was formed in 1955 when the AFL and the CIO... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. The AFL-CIO grass roots crusade will engage 400,000 members to canvass their co-workers and neighbors with a unity message for Obama. SEIU will mobilize another 200,000 members with the same goal
    SOURCE: Town Hall 2 weeks ago
  2. AFL-CIO dumps Lincoln, backs Halter
    SOURCE: ARRA News Service 2 weeks ago
  3. Parting ways over card check and other issues, the Arkansas AFL-CIO dropped its longtime support of U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln today and endorsed her Democratic primary opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter… U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., today defended Lincoln’s record on labor issues, saying Lincoln has voted ...
    SOURCE: ARRA News Service 2 weeks ago
  4. the AFL-CIO’s Center for Green Jobs.
    SOURCE: The Corner-National Review Online 3 weeks ago
  5. Critz, who was drawn into the same district as Altmire in redistricting, has the backing of nearly 20 labor groups, including the AFL-CIO and the United Steelworkers, which counts around 30,000 members in the district
    SOURCE: The Politico 3 weeks ago
  6. A veces parece que AFL-CIO quiere estimular un clima de enfrentamiento que no existe en Guatemala. Hay diferencias entre patronos y sindicatos, pero no hay confrontación
    SOURCE: Fox News Latino 3 weeks ago
  7. The AFL-CIO, public funds, Taft-Hartley Funds and socially responsible investment funds unanimously support full disclosure of all political and lobbying spending, both direct and indirect
    SOURCE: Forbes 3 weeks ago
  8. It’s an incredible honor to receive the endorsement of the New Mexico NMFL, AFL-CIO ... My dad was an I.B.E.W. lineman and my mother worked in a factory. Growing up, I saw how important organized labor was to my family and the respect that it has brought to working people across this country. I’ll never...
    SOURCE: Democracy for New Mexico 3 weeks ago
  9. It’s an incredible honor to receive the endorsement of the New Mexico NMFL, AFL-CIO ... My dad was an I.B.E.W. lineman and my mother worked in a factory. Growing up, I saw how important organized labor was to my family and the respect that it has brought to working people across this country. I’ll never...
    SOURCE: Democracy for New Mexico 3 weeks ago
  10. The NMFL, AFL-CIO endorses Martin Heinrich because he is the best person to represent the 171,000 union members and their families in New Mexico who are looking for someone to fight for jobs and stand up for working and middle-class families ... We value hard work. Martin comes from a union family and w...
    SOURCE: Democracy for New Mexico 3 weeks ago
  11. Representatives from USW local unions and other union and community groups throughout the area—the Louisiana State AFL-CIO; American Assoc. of State, County & Municipal Employees; Plumbers & Pipefitters Union; Electrical Workers Union and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade— attended the rally and echoed their...
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 3 weeks ago
  12. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with labor unions that have backed the pipeline, including the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department.
    SOURCE: The Nation 4 weeks ago
  13. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO has always known Mark Critz to be a fighter for Western Pennsylvania working families, both in his years with Congressman Murtha, and as a United States Congressman.
    SOURCE: Keystone Politics 4 weeks ago
  14. The Nevada AFL-CIO has clearly failed to build broad-based support for its ballot initiative
    SOURCE: NevadaAppeal.com 4 weeks ago
  15. In the past two months it has become apparent that the Nevada AFL-CIO has failed to attract broad-based support for a ballot initiative to create a business margins or income tax ... While it is uncertain whether the Nevada AFL-CIO will move forward with a business margins or income tax, I am now confid...
    SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com 4 weeks ago
  16. In the past two months it has become apparent that the Nevada AFL-CIO has failed to attract broad-based support for a ballot initiative to create a business margins or income tax ... While it is uncertain whether the Nevada AFL-CIO will move forward with a business margins or income tax, I am now confid...
    SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com 4 weeks ago
  17. Big labor is off to a slow start stockpiling cash. The AFL-CIO’s super PAC raised just $2.2 million in the first three months of this year, according to a campaign finance report released Friday. That’s $1.5 million less than the Workers Voice super PAC brought in during the last quarter of 2011.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 1 month ago
  18. The AFL-CIO has not taken a position on the Keystone pipeline—unions don’t agree among ourselves.
    – Richard Trumka SOURCE: Human Events Online 1 month ago
  19. But I think my voting record, even in a Republican district, reflects values that Democrats believe in ... I have a 92 percent lifetime AFL-CIO voting record in a district where the chamber of commerce is much more powerful than the labor council. I think I took the issues as I saw them. I voted my cons...
    SOURCE: Scranton Times-Tribune 1 month ago
  20. Congressman Critz has consistently stood up for working and retired people, that’s why the AFL-CIO endorsed him. This should continue to be a campaign about ideas and we hope both candidates will take the high road.
    SOURCE: Keystone Politics 1 month ago
  21. It will be a big deal ... We're excited that Danny (Thompson, executive secretary-treasurer of the Nevada State AFL-CIO) has decided to move forward with this. Anything we can do about funding our schools adequately in this state is great.
    SOURCE: Lahontan Valley News & Fallen Eagle Standard 1 month ago
  22. She was well aware of who the Maryland state and District of Columbia AFL-CIO's endorsed candidate is
    SOURCE: Baltimore Sun Blogs 1 month ago
  23. On March 15, the UGTT received a message from the AFL-CIO announcing its intention to honor the UGTT for its role during the Tunisian Revolution and the transitional period
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  24. Phil Kwon was sacrificed on the altar of payback to the NJEA [New Jersey Education Association], the CWA [Communications Workers of America] and the AFL-CIO
    SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer 1 month ago
  25. South Florida's Highest Paid CEOs, According To AFL-CIO Database
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 1 month ago

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