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A war with working-class people has been waged at the local government level in Philadelphia. Labor leaders there say the mayor has cut good city jobs, curtailed contract talks with unions and closed schools, all the while supporting tax breaks for wealthy residents.
Read moreMachinists members who attended the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Day Obervance in Philadelphia performed community service at the Myers Recreation Center. Members painted rooms, hallways and stairwells to give back to the the children of the community.
Read moreAcclaimed historian Eric Foner spoke about Social Movements and Political Change at the AFL-CIO to give historical perspective to the issues working families face today. He spoke of Abraham Lincoln, abolitionists and Theodore Roosevelt, among others. Foner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincol and American Slavery. He says abolitionists were some of
Read moreVoters spoke in 2012 by electing a U.S. President and Senate that support a pro-American manufacturing agenda. Now labor leaders and working-class allies are ready to push that agenda in the nation’s capital!
Read moreThe U.S. government’s self-imposed fiscal crisis is forcing federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense, to slash its 2014 budget. But the Machinists Union says those cuts could harm the fragile economy by eliminating good middle-class jobs.
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