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New Leaders Take Helm at AFL-CIO A new leadership team took the helm of the AFL-CIO with the nomination and election of Richard Trumka as President, Liz Shuler as Secretary-Treasurer and Arlene Holt Baker as Executive Vice President. Trumka succeeds John Sweeney who retired after serving for 14 years as president of the AFL-CIO. In
Read moreOverall, union employees fare better in the workplace than nonunion employees with regard to policies that promote a viable balance between responsibilites at work and at home. The main findings of the report include: Companies with any unionized employees are 1.7 times more likely to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Union
Read moreBelow is a summary of the Employee Free Choice Act (HR 1409/S560) and explains why EFCA is good for working families: The Employee Free Choice Act (HR.1409 /S.560) was introduced for the 111th Congress in the Senate on March 10, 2009 by Representative George Miller (D-CA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Here is a summary
Read morePresident Obama took a bit of a victory lap on Wall Street on Monday, declaring that the economy had been brought back from the abyss and “the storms of the past two years are beginning to break.” The president and his economic team (and the Federal Reserve) deserve credit for moving quickly to prevent a
Read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pittsburgh, PA, September 15, 2009 – In one of the livelier moments of the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, PA, the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) led 3,000 delegates and guests in a booming call for “JOBS Now!” The call to action was part of a speech
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