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Supporting American Manufacturing
In a recent speech about job creation in Washington, DC, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka reiterated the importance of domestic support and protection of the American manufacturing base.
America Wants to Work
Official unemployment is 9.1 percent overall and in the double digits in communities of color - driven now by mass layoffs of teachers, first responders and other public and private sector.
September 1 is Deadline for AFL-CIO ‘Next Up’ Conference
The second annual AFL-CIO Next Up Young Worker Summit will be held Thursday, September 29, 2011, through Sunday, October 2, 2011, at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN. For more information on the 2011 AFL-CIO Next Up Young Worker Summit and to register, click here.
AFL-CIO Calls for End to ‘Fake Political Crises’
Instead of addressing the real economic crisis taking place in the homes of everyday Americans, Washington has instead chosen to ignore it and continuously distract the American public with fake political crises of their own, says members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council is a statement released Wednesday.
For a look at the complete statement, click here.
Trumka Delivers ‘Wrecking Ball’ Speech at Press Club
In a recent address at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., AFL-CIO President Trumka said lawmakers who have thus far showed reluctance in fighting on behalf of working families will reap the consequences in 2012 – no matter the party affiliation.
AFL-CIO Paywatch Notes Runaway Pay for CEOs
The 2011 Executive Paywatch website shows CEOs at 299 U.S. companies earned a combined income of $3.4 billion in 2010. Viacom’s CEO Philippe P. Dauman earned $84.5 million alone last year, one of the highest among the executives.
Creator of Maine Labor Mural Addresses Controversy
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEJudy Taylor, the artist who painted the mural that was removed from Maine’s Department of Labor, said on Wednesday that she was sad to learn that the governor’s decision to move the mural might have started with an anonymous letter comparing it to North Korean brainwashing.
Veterans Council Serves Those Who Served
The IAM is urging all union members who are military veterans to take advantage of the resources provided by the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council (UVC), an organization founded in 2008 and dedicated to providing information about legislation, programs and benefits of value and interest to veterans and their families.
Jobs and Training Priority for UVC
Strengthen and Enforce Veterans' Preference laws and advocate that upon discharge from active duty, veterans need to be better informed of their veterans' preference rights.
Union Veterans Council to Push Veterans Health Care
Ensure that the Veterans Health Administration healthcare program is fully funded and that Advance Appropriations are properly implemented.
Unions Veterans Council
The purpose of the Union Veterans Council is to bring together union leaders and union members who are veterans to speak out on veterans' issues and influence public policy to improve the quality of life for U.S. veterans and their families.
MLK Observance Underway in Cincinnati
This year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance is taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio, a city with a rich civil rights history and the northern terminus of the fabled Underground Railroad.GOP Governor Gives Rail Jobs the Boot
The newly-elected Republican governor of Wisconsin is under fire for canceling a regional rail project that could mean thousands of jobs and provide a high speed rail link between Milwaukee and Madison, WI.A Message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka About Today’s Midterm Elections
Today, while middle-class Americans watch their dreams disappear, Wall Street and big business are making more money than ever.Website Tracks the Facts on Outsourcing
Want to know where all the jobs have gone? Visit Working America and the AFL-CIO’s new site, Job Tracker – an interactive, zip code-searchable database that lists information on more than 400,000 corporations that have outsourced jobs out of the U.S.Laborers’ Union to Re-affiliate With AFL-CIO
The General Executive Board of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) has unanimously voted to rejoin the AFL-CIO, effective October 1, 2010, four years after the 500,000-member union disaffiliated from the federation.Cincinnati to Host 2011 MLK Conference
The 2011 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance will take place January 13-17 in Cincinnati, OH, one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad.President Obama Echoes Past President, Says He Would Join a Union
In a speech this week to the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama recalled the words of Franklin Roosevelt to describe the enduring value of labor unions in America."NEXT UP" Generation
June 15, 2010 - Recently the AFL-CIO held its first Young Workers Summit in Washington, DC. The conference drew hundreds of young activists with the ideas and the drive to change and grow the labor movement.AFL-CIO ‘Next Up’ Young Workers Summit
More than 400 young workers converged on Washington, D.C. for the first-ever “Next Up AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit.”IAM Wins Grant to Help Dislocated Workers
The IAM will share in a $1.4 million Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Technical Assistance and Outreach Partnership grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide technical assistance and outreach to dislocated workers impacted by foreign trade.Apply Now for Union Summer Program
The 10-week internship program gives college juniors, seniors and recent graduates experience in organizing, community activism and coalition building. This year, Union Summer for Jobs participants will work with the AFL-CIO Good Jobs Now campaign in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York.AFL-CIO Plans ‘Showdown in America’ Rallies
The AFL-CIO is joining with several labor, faith-based and civil rights organizations in demanding Wall Street pay for breaking the economy, putting Main Street in a world of hurt and then taking off with $145 billion in bonuses.Oregon Boycott Deserves National Attention
The Oregon AFL-CIO is urging unions nationwide to support their boycott of Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc. & Granite Investments. Fog Cutter's principal business is the Fatburger fast food chain.
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IAM ACTIVIST CENTER- Tell Congress to Protect Workers' Rights, Pass a "Clean" FAA Bill
- Tell Congress to Enact a 21st Century Works Progress Administration
- Tell Congress to Reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank
- Tell the House to Adopt a Stronger Buy America Act
- Tell Congress No Defense Cuts
- Tell Congress to Focus on Jobs, Not More Cuts to Working Families
- Tell your House Representative to vote "NO" on the Regulatory Accountability Act
- Tell Congress to Vote "Yes" on These Job Creating Proposals of the American Jobs Act
- Tell Congress to Vote "No" on These Non-Job Creating Proposals of the American Jobs Act
- Tell Congress: Fund the FAA and Stop Attacking Workers' Voting Rights
- Tell Congress to Save Amtrak
- Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Tell State Lawmakers to Stop Anti-Jobless Bills
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