By JEFF JOHNSON President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO LOS ANGELES (Sept. 12, 2013) — The final day of convention action was packed with resolutions on...
By JEFF JOHNSON President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO LOS ANGELES (Sept. 11, 2013) — Day 3 of the AFL-CIO 2013 Convention on Tuesday focused on...
By JEFF JOHNSON President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO LOS ANGELES (Sept. 10, 2013) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s keynote speech Monday laid out the challenges...
By JEFF JOHNSON President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2013) — The AFL-CIO is holding its 2013 Convention here this week. Washington...
The following appeared at Think Progress and is posted here with the author’s permission: (Sept. 3, 2013) — The sad reality this Labor Day is that...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: Corporations are trying to hijack a trade agreement that is currently being negotiated in secret. It’s called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...
The following is from the Alliance for Retired Americans: (Aug. 14, 2013) — On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law....
CHICAGO (Aug. 9, 2013) — On Thursday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) affiliated with the AFL-CIO in a move the leaders of both...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 8, 2013) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Wednesday called on corporate America to pay its fair share, saying, “At a time when...
(July 31, 2013) — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm a full package of nominations to the National Labor Relations Board. The vote happened...