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In a recent address at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., AFL-CIO President Rich 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. Trumka cited recent attacks on working families’ rights in Wisconsin and Ohio,
Read moreRepublican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty came very close to endorsing the Union of Unemployed, nicknamed UCubed. “While not a full-throated endorsement,” explained UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan, “the former Minnesota governor is whispering our tune.” In an internet ad released by Pawlenty’s presidential campaign, snippets of UCubed’s Bite Back ad and its moving map of unemployment
Read moreYoung Machinists (l to r) Angela Hemler, Tracey Dolina and Bridget Fitzgerald took part in the 117th Annual Convention of the New York State Council of Machinists in Niagara Falls, NY. More than 100 delegates, guests and speakers took part in the 117th Annual Convention of the New York State Council of Machinists in Niagara
Read moreLeah Ganj-Bakhsh, Communicator and website editor for District 10 in Milwaukee, WI, has received an invitation to work as a Peace Corps Health Information Communication Technology Advisor in Ethiopia. “I’m excited to serve in the Peace Corps, as it will complete my personal trifecta of service: Military service, AmeriCorps and now Peace Corps service,” said
Read moreThe story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists who challenged segregation in the American South in 1961 is being retold in a new PBS documentary. “Freedom Riders” is the powerful, harrowing story of more than 400 black and white Americans who risked their lives by traveling together on buses and trains through the
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