Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW China’s continued undervaluation of its currency is a major, overriding trade issue, which requires immediate action, says a coalition of union and business leaders. And a new report released today shows China’s trade practices cost 2.3 million good U.S. jobs, including 366,000 last year alone. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard […]
Happy Birthday, Medicare…and Many More
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Across the country today, working people are celebrating the 43rd birthday of Medicare and sending a message to political leaders that keeping and improving medical care for millions of seniors and retirees will be a key issue in the upcoming elections. Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans […]
Obama Supports Pro-Worker Policies-and Union Members Support Obama
by Seth Michaels, Jul 24, 2008 In his video introduction submitted to last year’s AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum, Sen. Barack Obama laid out some of his personal history and connected it to why he’s running for president. It’s worth watching again now that he’s the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee. As he said: I worked […]
Minimum Wage Gets Second Boost After Decade of Roadblocks
by Mike Hall, Jul 24, 2008, Some 13 million low-wage U.S. workers got a pay raise today when the federal minimum wage rose from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour. The pay hike was the second step of the three-step minimum wage increase Congress passed last year, the first such increase since 1997. The third step, […]
Two More Crane Deaths
by Donna Jablonski, Jul 25, 2008 Two more people have been killed in crane-related accidents, while the Bush administration continues its four-year delay in issuing a new crane safety standard. Ironworker Josh Dawe, 33, died Wednesday at a construction site in Normal, Ill., when he was trapped by the collapse of a crane boon. A 79-year-old man […]
Workers Die; Bush Administration Idles. What About McCain and Obama?
by Donna Jablonski, Jul 25, 2008 Today adds to the toll of bad news about worker safety and health, and we’ll be posting several items on that topic. You’ll see that workers have been dying while the Bush administration sits on recommended standards to protect us from workplace hazards. But the administration is racing to […]
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