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The largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan, an 8.9 magnitude quake off the country’s east coast, has caused extensive damage in Japan and generated potentially damaging tsunamis across the Pacific and West Coasts of the United States and Canada. “Our deep concern goes out to the people of Japan, especially those in the Japanese labor
Read moreThe AFL-CIO has called for all of us to take a stand for solidarity on April 4th. On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better
Read moreThe House of Representatives will soon debate and vote on the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 658). Hidden deep in this legislation is a provision that would overturn the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) new voting rules for the nation’s airline and railroad workers. Click here to urge your Representative to protect workers’
Read moreNew numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal the states with the top unemployment rates. Nevada registered the highest unemployment rate with 14.2 percent in January. The states with the next highest rates were California with 12.4 percent and Florida at 11.9 percent. Rhode Island, 11.3 percent; Michigan, 10.7 percent; and South
Read moreThe Greater St. Louis Port Council, AFL-CIO, announced that it has selected District 837 President and Directing Business Representative Gordon King as the 2011 Labor Man of the Year. The award cites King’s dedication to the promotion of the interests of organized labor in the St. Louis community and his dedication to the members
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