Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Candidates for Congress are reiterating their support for America’s workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain, despite the efforts of corporate front groups to mislead voters through attack ads. Workers have made passage of the Employee Free Choice Act a major issue in the 2008 elections, and […]
Wisconsin Union Members: McCain’s Record a Disaster for Women
Posted by Sue Ledbetter to AFL-CIO NOW In a play for women’s votes, Sen. John McCain held a town hall in Hudson, Wis., to address issues facing women. But workers from around the region turned out at the event to speak out against McCain’s economic and health care record, which has left women in […]
Unfair Trade Kills
Posted by Leo W. Gerard to AFL-CIO NOW With a motorcycle police escort, the United Steelworkers (USW) “Toxic Trader” puppet lurched down Pennsylvania Avenue, past the White House last week, on his way to the Grand Hyatt Hotel on H Street in Washington, D.C. That is where the Bush administration-backed Import Safety Summit […]
Million-Member Mobilization Momentum for Employee Free Choice
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW The union movement’s nationwide drive to get at least 1 million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act is gaining momentum. In just four months, nearly 300,000 people have signed postcards to tell the new president and Congress that working families across America want them to […]
Got a Bad Boss? You Could Be in Luck
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW There are some pretty bad, downright nasty bosses out there and if you work for, or once worked for, the worst of the worst, Working America’s third annual My Bad Boss Contest wants to hear from you. The contest kicks off today and runs through Aug. 19. Not […]
Union and Environmental Groups Parade ‘Toxic Trade’
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW In the 1950s, the movie monsters and creatures that threatened the American way of life came from black lagoons, outer space and atomic bomb tests. In the 21st century, there’s a real-life threat to the nation and the globe—toxic trade that kills jobs and the environment—and it […]
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