AFL-CIO Weblog

A Tribute to Ted Kennedy

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

Sen. Edward Kennedy consistently has been the strongest champion in Washington for workers and their unions, for policies that ensure the right of hardworking Americans to support themselves and their families.

Campaign Promoting Employee Free Choice Act Launched Nationwide

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

New Census Data Show Working People Worse off Than in 2000

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

Even though the nation’s economy has grown over the past few years, more of America's workers are living in poverty and household incomes are lower now than in 2000, the year before the 2001 recession.

Pennsylvania Union Political Volunteers Distributing 1 Million Issues Leaflets

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

This billboard supporting employee free choice greets delegates to the Democratic convention in Denver.

S.E. Missouri Union Members Get Early Start on Labor Day

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

ATU Local 85 members distribute issues leaflets at the East Liberty Port Authority bus garage in Pittsburgh.

Southeastern Missouri doesn't immediately come to mind as a hotbed of pro-worker political activism, but don't tell

Sweeney: ‘We Can Create a Better America’

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

Union Movement Set to Lead in Transforming the American Economy

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:55 -0400

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka and Rep.

DNC: Teachers, Union Leaders Praise Obama on Education

superuser — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:54 -0400

Randi Weingarten, President, AFT

500th Union Member Set to Be Elected to Public Office in New Jersey

superuser — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:24:36 -0400

This in from the field.

America’s Workers Get a Chance to Meet Barack Obama

superuser — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:24:36 -0400

Work hard, play by the rules, and the American Dream will be yours. Not so anymore for America's workers, as MIT Management professor Thomas Kochan points out from Denver.