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Health Care for America Now has launched new television ads praising the two Democratic senators from Arkansas and giving quiet support to Ben Nelson, the centrist Democrat from Nebraska. Full Article at Firedoglake
In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, "I am a proponent of a single-payer universal healthcare program*." -- Bill Moyers. Full Article at Corrente
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney introduces US President Barack Obama during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009. View Photo »
The House change began Monday night when leaders scheduled AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect, to address the House Democratic Caucus
IN EVERY important campaign, Massachusetts Democrats vie for union endorsements. But have you ever wondered what they promise in pursuit of the union imprimatur? Full Article at Boston Globe
If the recession is hitting young Americans hardest of all, the silver lining may be this: More of them don’t have to travel very far to reconnect with their parents at holiday time. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor
The White House just released its full guest list for tonight's state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- the first such event President Barack Obama has hosted. Full Article at The Hill
US President Barack Obama (R) shake hands during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009. View Photo »
Labor unions pounced on the idea of a new jobs bill as a way to include several provisions that were cut out of the $787 billion stimulus package in order to placate a trio of Republican senators ... A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told colleagues he plans to bring up such a measu...
Dave Caldwell, president of the Central Ohio Labor Council AFL-CIO; Michelle Mills, CEO & president of St. Stephen’s Community House; Columbus City Council member Andrew Ginther; Columbus City Council President Pro Tem Hearcel Craig; and Columbus Labor... Full Article at AFL-CIO Blog
When 14 Colombian trade union members were in the United States for a training program, they were unable to forget just how dangerous it is to support unions in their home country. Full Article at AFL-CIO Blog
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 54 national and international unions (including Canadian), together representing more than 10 million workers. Full Article
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney introduces US President Barack Obama during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (R) shake hands during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (R) shake hands during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (R) shake hands during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO President John Sweeney (R) introduces US President Barack Obama (L) as he prepares to deliver remarks during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka (R) applauds as US President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO leadership applauds U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009. At right is President of the AFL-CIO John J. Sweeney.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »President Barack Obama addresses the delegates attending the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »President Barack Obama addresses the delegates attending the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »President Barack Obama addresses the delegates attending the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
View Photo »Incoming AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, left, and outgoing President John Sweeney are pictured on stage after President Barack Obama addressed the AFL-CIO convention, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (R) shake hands during the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, September 15, 2009.
View Photo »The House change began Monday night when leaders scheduled AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect, to address the House Democratic Caucus
Labor unions pounced on the idea of a new jobs bill as a way to include several provisions that were cut out of the $787 billion stimulus package in order to placate a trio of Republican senators ... A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told colleagues he plans to bring up such a measu...
They are spending a great, great deal in this country…. probably more on influence and the obtaining of influence, of power, than of any organization I know of in this country, and that includes the AFL-CIO, that includes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that includes General Motors, that includes anybody.
And when you add in September, with the G-20 and the AFL-CIO [meetings], we will bounce back strong
Now that Dede Scozzafava has dropped out of the race, labor’s choice to represent the 23rd Congressional District is crystal clear ... Bill Owens has the full support and resources of the New York State AFL-CIO at his disposal.
You have two former heads of AFL-CIO unions at the NMB and they really are politicizing the process
Right now, 40,000 TSA employees are on the verge of winning their collective bargaining rights. Our sisters and brothers in AFGE are going to organize them, and...I want you to know that the AFL-CIO will stand with them until every last one of those TSA employees are organized
The AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and other labor groups were leading a rally expected to draw 5,000 participants outside the annual conference for the American Bankers Association (ABA).
AFL-CIO union, which 'sponsors' ACORN.
was signed by the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the United Steelworkers, among others.
In an 18-year state legislative career, he has a cumulative 92% rating on the Virginia AFL-CIO’s scorecard of votes. He’s refused to denounce national union priorities such as card check. During a rough-and-tumble Democratic primary earlier this year, he visited picketers outside a Hilton hotel.
The AFL-CIO and leading institutional investors continue to work with President Obama, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, and House Committee Chairman Barney Frank to pass landmark ’say on pay’ bill
Ahead Of Obama’s AFL-CIO Appearance, Labor Officials Express Concern Over Excise Tax
They also have used their pension funds to force employers to negotiate union contracts or agree to specific demands. Richard Trumka, secretary treasurer of the AFL-CIO, said in 2000 that the labor federation planned to use the ‘clout of union pension funds as major corporate stockholders to influence c...
This includes repeated motions by the AFL-CIO to require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their drug reimportation policies and pressuring oil companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
This stuff [EPA head] Carol Browner is trying to do is just insane, and [AFL-CIO President John] Sweeney, someone's got to hit him in the mouth
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday urged some state insurance commissioners to investigate how the costs of insurers' lobbying to defeat health-insurance reform are affecting premiums.
We did follow the AFL-CIO, and we followed the Democratic Party, and we did review the questionnaires, and they were the ones that stood closest with our philosophies
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