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When the gavel comes down to open the January 2015 meeting of Rolls Royce office employees IAM Local Lodge 2468, it will mark the end of an era. For the first time in 40 years, Lee Cappadocia will not be chairing the meeting as president. His last official day in office was January 20, 2015.
Read morePresident Obama proposed a “middle class economics” agenda in his State of the Union speech which included child care tax credits, paid sick leave, a raise in the minimum wage and free community college. President Obama on Tuesday night delivered a State of the Union address full of advocacy for working families, including fighting inequality,
Read moreLast night in his State of the Union address, President Obama told Americans that “we should write [the] rules” for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Today is your chance. Add your voice to the many thousands to tell Congress “Say No to Fast Track” today in a national call-in event. Use the AFL-CIO’s toll-free hotline, 1-855-712-8441,
Read moreAtlanta-based Delta Flight Attendant Spencer Hayes brought the crowd to its feet at the AFL-CIO’s 2015 MLK Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta as he passionately spoke about the Delta Flight Attendants’ historic movement to attain collective bargaining rights at Delta Air Lines. At the AFL-CIO’s annual event commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s labor
Read moreWorking Americans will be listening closely as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. ET. They are looking for the President to outline a concrete plan to raise stagnating wages, defend their right to collectively bargain, protect U.S. jobs from reckless trade deals, and more. The past year
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