Category: General
- 12/06/12 A Competition with Very Few Winners An investigation by The New York Times reveals a race among state and local governments for the benefit of large companies
- 12/06/12 Michigan Anti-Union Advocates Want to Undermine the Middle Class Supporters of “right-to-work (for less)” law launch battle to undermine workers’ unions.
- 12/04/12 Public Officials Warned About Taking Former L.A. Mayor’s Advice Los Angeles millionaire and former Mayor Richard Riordan got a lot of things wrong when he was running the city from 1993 to 2001 and his threat to put a draconian pension-cutting initiative on the ballot is another wrong idea.
- 08/27/12 AFSCME Founder’s Grandson Eyes Seat in Alaska State Legislature Andy Josephson’s candidacy fires up labor and community supporters.
- 07/26/12 AFSCME Members, Family Members Awarded Union Plus Scholarships Union Plus provides $150,000 to help students from union families achieve their dreams.
- 07/11/12 Protestors Denounce Outrageous RI ‘Pension Insecurity’ Plan Retirees demonstrate against sweeping changes to state’s public pension system that jeopardize workers’ retirement security.
- 07/11/12 From Guthrie to Morello, a Tradition of Labor Activism Through Song Fans of Woody Guthrie are celebrating the folk icon’s centennial this week.
- 07/06/12 Pepco In the Spotlight for Corporate Greed Utility company doesn’t pay taxes, proves that they’ve got the power and won’t share.
- 07/06/12 Eighty Thousand Jobs Added in June – But Congress Must Create More The latest job numbers released today are heartening, as they show an increase of 80,000 jobs in June. But make no mistake: The economy is fragile as it continues to recover from the Great Recession.
- 07/06/12 Obama Levels Playing Field for U.S. Workers, Says No to China’s Unfair Trade Fees President Obama took action to level the playing field for American workers by filing an unfair trade complaint against China with the World Trade Organization.
