WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 10, 2013) — Momentum continues to build for changing U.S. Senate rules to stop the abuse of the filibuster, an arcane rule that...
(Jan. 7, 2013) — With the year-end agreement averting the so-called fiscal cliff, Congress temporarily averted demands by Republican leaders to cut Social Security and Medicaid...
(Jan. 2, 2013) — The following statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was released Tuesday following Senate passage (89-8) of legislation averting the so-called “fiscal cliff”...
(Dec. 5) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest union organization representing the interests of some 400,000 rank-and-file union members, continues to urge...
The following article by Kelly Ross is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now, with the author’s permission: Just a few days after the election, House Speaker John Boehner...
SEATTLE (Nov. 27) — According to a new report released by the AFL-CIO, 1,089,887 Washington state residents could be negatively impacted if Congress attempts cuts to...
UPDATE (Nov. 21) — Your calls to Congress are making a difference! But as lame-duck debt-reduction negotiations intensify, we also need to intensify our efforts to...
(Nov. 19) — Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to sign a letter to President Obama that urges provisions be...
UPDATE (Nov. 16) — Also at AFL-CIO Now — Trumka: Bain-style tactics by Hostess are ‘wrecking America’ — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: What’s happening with Hostess...
(Oct. 6) — As Congress negotiates yet another deficit-reduction deal to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff,” 29 U.S. Senators — including Washington state’s Patty Murray and...