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President Obama Ties Reform To Rebuilding Middle Class

POLITICO | Carol E. Lee | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Collar, General Motors, Public Option, Middle Class, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Richard Trumka, Politics News

PITTSBURGH -- President Barack Obama delivered his most strongly worded speech in defense of organized labor since taking office - tying health care r...

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Specter Tells AFL-CIO He Backs Employees' Choice

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Joe Sestak, President Obama, Politics News

PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter took another step in his political transformation on Tuesday, telling hundreds of labor activists t...

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New Reason for Devotion to Employee Free Choice Act

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Steel Workers Union, Union Card Checks, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice, Efca, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Unions, Labor Unions, Politics News

For Ted Kennedy, for Crystal Lee Sutton, for us all, America ought to have the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Michael Moore's New Film Rocks AFL-CIO

Randy Shaw | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afl-Cio, Rose Ann DeMoro, Single Payer, Capitalism, Michael Moore, Marcy Kaptur, National Nurses Organizing Committee, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News

This is not only Moore's best film, but it is the most politically incendiary film put on the American screen in memory.

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AFL-CIO Convention: Solidarity with Van Jones?

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs Czar, Green Jobs, Afl-Cio, Environment, Green Politics, AFL-CIO Obama, Van Jones, Climate Change, Obama AFL-CIO, Obama-Labor-Unions, Green News

f labor wants to promote green jobs, labor should embrace Van Jones -- publicly, loudly, and fast -- at the AFL-CIO Convention.

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Labor Day Investing

Amy B. Dean | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Bill, Barack Obama, Labor Day, Ceos, Afl-Cio, Pensions, Working Families, American Labor Movement, Stimulus Plan, Unions, Health Care, Politics News

Labor Day is a reminder of what workers can achieve when they organize: improved working conditions, fairness in the work place, holiday and vacation pay, health care and pensions.

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Unions Frustrated By Pace Of Change Under Obama

The New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Labor Department, Unions, Economy, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Manufacturing, Obama, Labor Unions, Politics News

...Today that euphoria is giving way to a mixture of frustration and unease, as union leaders are growing concerned that the Obama White House has not...

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Taking Back Labor Day: The 'Lost Decade' Of Young Workers

Kari Henley | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Labor, The Balanced Life, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Labor Day, Afl-Cio, Youth Voters, Youth Activism, Living News

Labor Day has lost its luster as a holiday. First celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City, the day consisted of a parade and celebrations to ...

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On Labor Day and Every Workday, Single Women Struggle to Stay Even

Page Gardner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Labor, Unemployment, Economics, Labor Unions, Labor Day, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Recession, Politics News

Now as before the recession, working women are particularly vulnerable to economic insecurity -- especially the 53 million "women on their own."

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A Message for Labor Day

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Families, Labor Day, Health Care Crisis, Civil Rights, Congress, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Labor Unions, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

This Labor Day, let's recommit ourselves to helping workers organize and fight for their rights. Let's work together to win meaningful reforms that ensure access to quality, affordable health care.

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Democratic Voters Rally to Pressure Their Representatives at Orlando Town Hall

Jerry Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Public Option, Town Hall, Seiu, Orlando Town Hall, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Alan Grayson, Afscme, Politics News

Senators like Bill Nelson need to realize that they can't just automatically take Democratic voters for granted: if they are going to seek reelection they are going to have to earn their votes.

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Rachel Maddow Tackles Potential Romanoff/Bennet Primary (Watch)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Rachel Maddow, Liberals, Public Option, Colorado, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Michael Bennet, Denver News

Rumors that incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet may face a primary challenge from former Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff are now...

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AFL-CIO Official Implies He Can Live Without Card Check

Wall Street Journal | Melanie Trottman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor-Reform, Labor Unions, Card Check, Richard Trumka, Politics News

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka offered a hint that, just maybe, the labor movement is willing compromise on the so-called card-check provi...

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Young Workers In Free Fall: 1/3 Under 35 Live With Parents

Art Levine | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Bob Herbert, Afl-Cio, Peter Hart, Unions, Recession, Young Workers, Richard Trumka, Politics News

The future now looks particularly bleak, especially if the "jobless recovery" continues at its relatively slow pace, and union organizing remains blocked by opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Wall Street Tax: AFL-CIO, Democrats Want To Impose Stock-Trading Fees

thehill.com | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Tax, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Stock Trading Tax, Afl-Cio, Democrats, Business News

The nation's largest labor union and some allied Democrats are pushing a new tax that would hit big investment firms such as Goldman Sachs reaping bil...

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The Acid Test: Progressive Groups, Unions, Liberal Dems Vow to Fight for Public Option

Art Levine | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care for America Now, Obama, Afl-Cio, Public Option, Politics News

In the wake of the administration's signaling that it was willing to drop the public option, progressive groups, unions and liberal Democrats came out strongly for the key reform measure Monday.

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Fighting the Radical Right

Stewart Acuff | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Politics News

The August congressional recess has been a bizarre season of rightwing brown shirt tactics of real thuggery led by Dick Armey, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich.

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Dems, Unions, Allies Push Back For Reform in Ads, Town Halls, Attacks on Blue Dogs (VIDEO)

Art Levine | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Gop, Afl-Cio, Obama, Unions, Trumka, Progressives, Health Action, Health Care, Politics News

The story that isn't being told in cable media's over-reaction to the GOP mobs is that of reasonable Americans coming out to understand more about health care reform and promote change

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Tea Party Organizers Admit: No Reform Is Goal

The Plum Line | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, RecessRally.Com, Tea Party Protests, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Afl-Cio, Mike Enzi, Tea Parties, Eddie Vale, American Liberty Alliance, Health Care Reform, Tea Party Patriots, Chuck Grassley, Health Care, Tea Party, Politics News

On a private conference call, a group of top Tea Party and conservative organizers offered a surprisingly frank description of their goal, according t...

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Unions Receive Increasingly Scary Threats Of Violence For Town Hall Participation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Obama Protest, Demonstrations, Town Hall Demonstrations, Emails Unions, Union Hands, Threats of Violence, Seiu, Violence, Afl-Cio, Obama Town Halls, Unions, Union Threats, Politics News

Union officials continued to receive a barrage of threats on Friday evening and into Saturday punctuated by warnings that if organizers were sent to c...

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Fighting the GOP Mobs: Progressives, Labor Ramp Up Grassroots Response

Art Levine | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Mobs, Afl-Cio, Obama, Health Care Protests, Campaign for America's Future, Tea Party, Health Care, Town Halls, Politics News

Will the majority that favors genuine health care reform turn out in large enough numbers to take back the debate hijacked by extremists and corporate interests?

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Crisis and Opportunity

Stewart Acuff | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Labor Movement, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Politics News

We can take advantage of the opportunities we have--a President and Congress which share progressive values -- or we can sit back and squander the moment.

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Save AstroTurf for Football Season: Water Grassroots on Health Care, Not Clunkers

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Senate, Kennedy, Afl-Cio, Pelosi, Cash for Clunkers, Breaking Political News, Obama, Democrats, Health Care, Astroturf, Republicans, Politics News

If Obama wants his legacy to include health care as a right, his moment is now. He can either buckle down and focus on nothing else until it's done, or get derailed by the political play of the week.

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How the Mainstream Media Helps Fuel Right-Wing Lies

Art Levine | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedomworks, Tea Parties, Health Care for America Now, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Betsey McCaughey, Obama, Afl-Cio, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Seiu, Media News

Even as debunked smears about health care continue, such as the claim the bill aims to kill old people through "death care," progressives are being hamstrung by mainstream media outlets.

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Crazy Pragmatism

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Health Care, Barack Obama Pragmatism, Pragmatism, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Aarp, Obama AFL-CIO, Politics News

The insidious irony of the pragmatism favored by Obama and Emmanuel is that it legitimizes a delusional worldview and makes practical goals more difficult to achieve.

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