…building the kind of power that can transform the labor movement. Joshua Pechthalt is President of the California Federation of Teachers. This article first appeared in the online magazine of…
…cooperation and accord. We express our hope that, once the Senate has approved this bill, President Obama embraces that sentiment as well and signs this legislation into law. ***North America’s…
…western tip—have preliminarily approved similar measures. “This local ordinance is a slap in the face to the men and the women who work to earn a decent living in union…
…as a result of the reclassification. According to a story published on the www.timesunion website, the state has filed with the Public Employment Relations Board to reclassify the jobs, titles…
December 19, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell RePrinted from: www.aflcio.org/Blog/ Washington, DC – Every three years, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College issues the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI),…
…report can be downloaded via https://www.dropbox.com/s/a20s4zzcyajs3ve/ClimateWorks_Report_R5_highRes.pdf?dl=0+ ) In the accompanying video, we interviewed Brad Markell, executive director of the AFL-CIO’s Industrial Union Council, about why it was important for the…
…individuals in the Forbes 400 are linked to 99 taxpayer- subsidized companies, including every one of the 11 wealthiest individuals and all but two of the richest 25. Subsidies have…
December 16, 2014 By Stephanie West Trenton, New Jersey – A ‘Buy America’ bill is anticipated to pass the New Jersey Assembly with a companion bill expected covering bi-state agencies….
…Rover Pipeline is approved by FERC, the highly-skilled members of LiUNA are ready to safely build this vital piece of infrastructure. The Members of the Laborers’ International Union of North…
…The terms of the agreements must be approved by the unions’ full in-service membership. The pattern of the tentative agreement takes the established pattern of the administration’s prior contracts and…
