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JUNE 2010

Unions Representing workers in U.S., Mexico, Canada explore merger
(From Monthly Review, added here 6.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Wall Street Hiring Jumps as Guaranteed Bonuses Return
(From Bloomberg Businessweek, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

GM Workers under Sub-Par Contract Vote Down further Wage Cuts
(From Labor Notes, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

UPS, FedEx Worlds Apart on Labor Law
(From Politico, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Harkin Hints Watered Down EFCA Could Move after 2010 Elections
(From The Hill, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Massey Energy Sues MSHA, Claiming Regulator “Violated Its Constitutional Rights”
(From Firedog Lake, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Labor and Democrats Headed Toward Splitsville?
(From Newsweek, added here 6.15.10) ..Click for more info..

Indian Court Convicts 7 in Bhopal Gas Disaster
(From Associated Press, added here 6.11.10) ..Click for more info..

Labor Under Democrats: an Interview with Robert Reich
(From Counterpunch, added here 6.11.10) ..Click for more info..

Wal-Mart Takes Major Hits as 2010 Shareholder Meeting Begins
(From UFCW, added here 6.07.10) ..Click for more info..

Stewart Acuff: Punching Holes in so-called Free Market Economics
(From USA Trends, added here 6.06.10) ..Click for more info..

LINK FIXED: Labor Groups Condemn Israeli Attack on Freedom Flotilla
(From Working In These Times, added here 6.04.10) ..Click for more info..

The Widening Rift Between Teachers and the Democrats
(From Counterpunch, added here 6.03.10) ..Click for more info..

MAY 2010

Labor Unions May Have to Abandon Obama to Beat Corporate America
(From AlterNet, added here 5.25.10) ..Click for more info..

Money in Politics: Make Corporations, Unions, Etc. Stand Behind Political Ads
(From USA Today, added here 5.12.10) ..Click for more info..

Thousands March on Wall Street, Calling for Jobs
(From Labor Notes, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Why are Corporate Groups Funding the Tea Party?
(From Workers Compass, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Obama's Phony Banking "Reform"
(From WSWS, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Health Care Battle Ends; War on Social Security Begins
(From Workers Compass, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Unions Begin to Organize California Marijuana Industry
(From Firedog Lake, added here 5.30.10) ..Click for more info..

The European & U.S. Economies - Falling Like Dominoes
(From Workers Compass, added here 5.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Charter Schools’ Big Success? Accounting Tricks, Shady Land Deals, & Skimming Off the Top
(From Labor Notes, added here 5.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Obama Makes PR Stop on Gulf Coast
(From WSWS, added here 5.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Union Busting is a Mortal Sin, Catholic Scholars Say
(From National Catholic Reporter, added here 5.27.10) ..Click for more info..

Obama's Financial Reform Bill - Wall Street Breathes a "Sigh of Relief"
(From WSWS, added here 5.26.10) ..Click for more info..

Obama Continues Assault on Teachers
(From WSWS, added here 5.26.10) ..Click for more info..

Who Benefits from 'Georgia Work$'?
(From Working In These Times, added here 5.21.10) ..Click for more info..

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Senate Passage of Wall Street Reform Bill
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.21.10) ..Click for more info..

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Dept. of Labor Notice of Employee Rights Rule
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.21.10) ..Click for more info..

Confronting Blame-the-Worker Safety Programs
(From Labor Notes, added here 5.19.10) ..Click for more info..

Strike! Why Mothballing Labor's Key Weapon is Wrong
(From Working In These Times, added here 5.16.10) ..Click for more info..

Kevin Zeezse on Health Care: What Did We Get? Where are We? And, Where do we go from here?
(From Huffington Post, added here 5.12.10) ..Click for more info..

Tainted Nuke Plant Water Reaches Major New Jersey Aquifer
(From Associated Press, added here 5.12.10) ..Click for more info..

IATSE Member: What Unions do for America
(From LA Times, added here 5.12.10) ..Click for more info..

Machinists Union gives $50,000 for Vietnam Vets Memorial Grounds in DC
(From Associated Press, added here 5.12.10) ..Click for more info..

National Mediation Board Rules to Change - Absent votes no longer to be "No"
(From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added here 5.10.10) ..Click for more info..

Wind Turbine Plant to Create Jobs in Georgia
(From WTVM News Leader, added here 5.6.10) ..Click for more info..

Wind Power Jobs on the Way in the Northeast
(From Working in These Times, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Union Labor Will be used in Nuclear Plant Construction in GA, Texas
(From Peoples World, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

Airlines Make Final Approach to Monopoly of the Skies
(From Working In These Times, added here 5.2.10) ..Click for more info..

APRIL 2010

A Fitting Memorial to Labor's Dead and Injured
(From SF Chronicle, added here 4.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Earth Day, Labor and Me
(From Truthout, added here 4.28.10) ..Click for more info..

MARCH 2010

AFL-CIO Pledges All-Out Backing for Democrats in 2010 Elections
The AFL-CIO has pledged even more money and volunteer hours to Democrats in 2010 than in 2008, despite "unacceptable" and "disappointing" policies of Obama administration.
(From WSWS, added here 3.7.10) ..Click for more info..

Biden Defends Bailouts to Labor Leaders
"Vice President Joe Biden told AFL-CIO leaders Monday that the government bailouts of the banking and auto industries were necessary steps the Obama administration needed to take before it could tackle causes important to organized labor..."
(From AP, added here 3.7.10) ..Click for more info..

U.S. Payrolls Shrank by 36,000 in February
"The Labor Department’s employment report for February, released Friday, showed that the US economy is continuing to shed jobs, wages are continuing to decline, and the so-called economic “recovery” is based on an accelerating fall in the living standards of the working class..."
(From WSWS, added here 3.7.10) ..Click for more info..

FEBRUARY 2010

Democrats Vote for Patriot Act Extension, Obama Signs It
(From WSWS, added here 2.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Will Obama's Corporate Tax Breaks Create Jobs?
(From Workers Compass, added here 2.6.10) ..Click for more info..

Boycott FedEx
"No longer able to drive, stripped of value in our commodity culture, [FedEx driver Chris Henderson] was tossed aside by the company. He became human refuse. He spends most of his days, because of the swelling and the pain..."
(From Truth Dig, added here 2.28.10) ..Click for more info..

U.S. May Consider Wages in Awarding Contracts:
(From MSNBC, added here 2.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Building Trades Statement on $8 Billion Loan Guarantee for Plant Vogtle Expansion:
(From Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, added here 2.20.10) ..Click for more info..

LINK FIXED: Reality TV Tries to Paint Union Busting CEO as Hero:
(From Labor Notes, added here 2.14.10) ..Click for more info..

LINK FIXED: Obama Doesn't "Begrudge" Bankers and Their Multi-Million-Dollar Bonuses:
(From WSWS, added here 2.14.10) ..Click for more info..

Fighting Company Union Ideology:
(From Workers Compass, added here 2.6.10) ..Click for more info..

JANUARY 2010

The Night they Drove Old EFCA Down
(From Working In These Times, added here 1.30.10) ..Click for more info..

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's Response to the State of the Union Address
Click Here for Video
Click Here for Text
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Vogtle Contractor Says One Thing, Does Another - Won't Hire Locals
(From Augusta Chronicle, added here 1.19.10) ..Click for more info..

Local Man Fulfills Promise to Restart Civil Rights Group
(From Savannah Morning News, added here 1.18.10) ..Click for more info..

Machinists Union Remains Opposed to Tax of Health Benefits
(From IAM, added here 1.16.10) ..Click for more info..

Unions Mobilize to Help Haitian Earthquake Victims
(From In These Times, added here 1.16.10) ..Click for more info..

Health Care Victory -- Or Pretzel?
(From Labor Notes, added here 1.16.10) ..Click for more info..

Teamsters President Thanks White House for Sticking With Plan to Tax Benefits
(From Teamsters, added here 1.16.10) ..Click for more info..

Two Articles: Trumka Will Support Obama Health Bill, Even With "Cadillac Tax"
(From Politico, added here 1.13.10) ..Click for more info..
(From WSWS, added here 1.13.10) ..Click for more info..

Trumka Predicts EFCA Passage in 2010; Does Not Mention "Card Check"
(From AlterNet, added here 1.11.10) ..Click for more info..

Don't Let Georgia Tech Bust Teamster Bus Drivers
(From Labor Notes, added here 1.08.10) ..Click for more info..

Savannah's Year in Review: Coverage of Teacher Furloughs & Marches
(From Coastal Source, added here 1.07.10) ..Click for more info..

140 Union Members, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Arrested at Sit-In:
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.06.10) ..Click for more info..

From Auto Plants to Universities - How to Win a Sit-In:
(From Labor Notes, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Corporate Personhood Should Be Banned Once and for All: Outrageous Supreme Court Decision Should Reignite Most Necessary of Debates
(From Common Dreams, added here 1.21.10) ..Click for more info..

Anger Over Health Care Bill Creates Uncertain Future:
(From Labor Notes, added here 1.29.10) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Jim DeMint Still too Scared to Debate Eric Massa:
(From Down With Tyranny!, added here 1.06.10) ..Click for more info..

Food for Thought - Obama Backs So-Called "Merit Pay" for Teachers:
(From the USA Today, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Challenging Sen. Jim DeMint to a Debate on TSA Collective Bargaining Rights:
(From the Examiner, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Says Passing Democratic Health Care Bill Will Be Like Passing NAFTA - And He Thinks That's a Good Thing:
(From the Firedoglake, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Atlanta Central Labor Council Heavily Influences Mayoral Race:
(From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 1.04.10) ..Click for more info..

DECEMBER 2009

Helen Jenkins Bingham, Union Leader and Activist, Dies at 94 :
(From Philadelphia Daily News, added here 12.31.09) ..Click for more info..

Ford Offers Buyout to All UAW Workers:
(From Reuters, added here 12.21.09) ..Click for more info..

Labor's Last Stand: The Corporate Campaign to Kill the Employee Free Choice Act
(From Harper's Magazine, added here 12.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Sparks of Resistance in the Labor Movement?
(From Socialist Worker, added here 12.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Maine AFL-CIO Calls for Labor Summit to Win Single Payer Health Care
(From Talking Union, added here 12.13.09) ..Click for more info..

Tired of Teacher-Bashing, Union Educators Grow Their Own Schools
(From Labor Notes, added here 12.06.09) ..Click for more info..

The Afghan Quagmire
(From Ralph Nader, added here 12.03.09) ..Click for more info..

More US Labor Groups Speak Out Against War in Afghanistan
(From Labor Notes, added here 12.02.09) ..Click for more info..

OPEIU Grants Charter to Global Helicopter Pilots Association
(From OPEIU, added here 12.01.09) ..Click for more info..

Jim DeMint (R-SC) Stalls Collective Bargaining Rights for Thousands
(From Washington Post, added here 12.01.09) ..Click for more info..

The Political Winds are Shifting - Labor Starting to Create its Own Agenda:
(From Workers Compass, added here 12.21.09) ..Click for more info..

More US Labor Groups Speak Out Against War in Afghanistan
(From Labor Notes, added here 12.02.09) ..Click for more info..

NOVEMBER 2009

Obama to Announce up to 35,000 New Jobs... In Afghanistan.
(From Counterpunch, added here 11.29.09) ..Click for more info..

IAM's Journey to Space
(From International Association of Machinists, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Overshadowed by Wal-Mart, Boutiques Fight Back With Service, Loyal Clientele
(From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Minor Working on Georgia Building Site Without Safety Harness Falls, Dies
(From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Labor Bargains for Too Little in Health Care, Gets Even Less
(From Labor Notes, added here 11.25.09) ..Click Here..

Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
(From Democracy Now!, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

Conyers Derides White House Health Care Strategy
(From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

NY Times Comparison of House and Senate Health Insurance Bills
(From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

East Coast Longshore Workers Push to Reject Contract
(From Labor Notes, added here 11.16.09) ..Click for more info..

Carhartt to Close Glasgow, KY Facilities
(From Glasgow Daily Times, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Reiterates Her Opposition to EFCA
Call her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-4843 and Little Rock 1-800-352-9364
(From Hotel Interactive, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Turns her back on EFCA ....Again
Call her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-3841 and San Francisco (415) 393-0707
(From McKnight's, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

UI Extension Signed into Law - See the NELP FAQ for More Info on Your Extension Benefits ..Click Here..

Baseball Players Come Out Swinging for the Employee Free Choice Act ..Click Here..

Wal-Mart`s Sick Leave Policy Risks Spreading Swine Flu
(From National Labor Committee, added here 11.04.09) ..Click for more info..

OCTOBER 2009

Instrument Makers Strike and Union Broken After 40 Months on Line
(From Associated Press, added here 10.18.09) ..Click Here..

SCLC, Teachers on the March In Savannah
(From The Coastal Source, added here 10.5.09) ..Click Here..

SEPTEMBER 2009

AFL-CIO President Richard Tumka asks for Investigation of Insurance Companies Using Premiums for Lobbying Against Reform
(From AFL-CIO, added here 9.24.09) ..Click Here..

If the "Defund ACORN Act" is ruled Constitutional, it Could Include Several War Contractors Found Guilty of Fraud and Other Violations
(From Huffington Post, added here 9.23.09) ..Click Here..

AFL-CIO President Richard Tumka on Rachel Maddow
(From MSNBC, added here 9.23.09) ..Click Here..

Barrow & Unions Agree: Immediate, Temporary OSHA Changes Needed
(From Savannah Daily News, added here 9.27.09) ..Click Here..

AFL-CIO President Richard Tumka on MSNBC
(From MSNBC, added here 9.23.09) ..Click Here..

AFL-CIO Elects New Leaders, Outlines New Vision
(From AFL-CIO, added here 9.17.09) ..Click Here..

One for the Good Guys: Local Bowling Alley Being Built With Union Labor
(From WSAV, added here 9.12.09) ..Click Here..

President Obama to Address AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh
(From CBS, added here 9.7.09) ..Click Here..

Richard Trumka Blasts the "Any Bill Will Do" Mentality on Chris Mathews' Hardball
(From MSNBC, added here 9.4.09) ..Click Here..

Don't Be Fooled By the 'Public Option' - What's Being Promoted is NOT What's Being Drafted Behind Closed Doors
(From Truthdig, added here 9.4.09) ..Click Here..

No Transparency In Health Care Bill
(From Wall Street Journal, added here 9.4.09) ..Click Here..

We have good news too sometimes! "Partnerships that Work 2009 List"
(From American Rights at Work, added here 9.2.09) ..Click Here..

AUGUST 2009

Salon Wants Stylists to Waive Future Right to Unionize, Ballot or No Ballot
(From New York Times, added here 8.31.09) ..Click Here..

Ex-manager: Company Insisted Workers Sign Forms
(From Great Falls Tribune, added here 8.31.09) ..Click Here..

Chambliss Cites (United Healthcare Group owned) Lewin Group data as "Independent" in Augusta. He did the same thing in Savannah.
(Video Link, added here 8.31.09) ..More info HERE..

More Info on Chambliss' Corporate-Sponsored Misinformation ..Click Here..

Chambliss Shocks: Praises Union Company's (Safeway) Health Insurance
(From Ledger Enquirer, added here 8.31.09) ..Click for more info..

SFT's Alfreda Goldwire: Cut the Fat on Bull St.
(From Connect Savannah, added here 8.30.09) ..Click for more info..

Savannah Teamster Organizer Assaulted in Dispute
(From WTOC, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Ted Kennedy, R.I.P.
(From MSNBC, added here 8.26.09) ..Click for more info..

Goldwire: Trim the Fat, Not the Teaching
(From Savannah Morning News, added here 8.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Teachers Lead March Against Furlough Days
(From WTOC, added here 8.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Don't Get Scammed By Dealers on "Cash for Clunkers" and Pay Twice
(From Public Citizen, added here 8.22.09) ..Click for more info..

Savannah Dem's and Independents Rally for Public Option and Single Payer
(From WTOC, added here 8.22.09) ..Click for more info..

Does the Middle Class Need Unions? Workinglife.org's Jon Tasini Answers (video)
(From CNBC, added here 8.18.09) ..Click for more info..

Savannah Teachers Fighting Back
(From WTOC, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..
More Info on the Furloughs Here and Here

Video: Rep. Anthony Weiner Advocates Single Payer. Asks What Value Insurance Companies Add, Leaves Joe Scarborough "Speechless," Unable to Answer
(From Morning Joe, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Nick Skala; Activist, Patient Advocate. R.I.P.
(From Eyes On Trade, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Sheet Metal Workers Take Stand Against "Lapdog" Politicians - Vow to Withdraw Campaign Contributions in Next Election Cycle.
(From Newspaper Guild, added here 8.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Questions for Dr. Marcia Angell
(From New York Times, added here 8.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Letter to Obama RE: Defective GM & Chrysler Cars
(From Ralph Nader, added here 8.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama: Big Pharma's Sugar Daddy?
(From Air America, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Single Payer Payer Promised an Up/Down Vote in House Before Year's End
(From The New York Daily News, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Berman Exposed: Man Behind "Center for Union Facts" and other Corporate Front Groups Shown for the Fraud He Is
(From CREW, added here 8.02.09) ..Click for more info..

JUNE 2009

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's Statement on Sen. Al Franken's Seating
..Click Here..

Barack Obama on the Employee Free Choice Act (video)
..Click Here..

Joe Biden on the Employee Free Choice Act (video)
..Click Here..

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's Statement on the Introduction
of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
(From AFL-CIO, added here 6.26.09) ..Click for more info..

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's Statement on the Coup in Honduras
..Click Here..

Huge Turnout for DC Health Care Reform Rally
(From Metro Washington AFL-CIO, added here 6.26.09) ..Click for more info..

Two Former Labor Secretaries: Why We Support Employee Free Choice
(From AFL-CIO, added here 6.16.09)..Click for more info..

GM,Health Care, Trade--It's All Related:
(From Working Life, added here 6.15.09) ..Click for more info..

76 TRADE UNIONISTS MURDERED AROUND THE WORLD IN 2008 (From Labourstart):

2008 was another difficult and often dangerous year for trade unionists around the world, according to this year's ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations, which details abuses of fundamental workers' rights in 143 countries. 76 trade unionists were killed due to their actions to defend workers' rights, and many more were attacked physically or subjected to harassment, intimidation or arrest by the authorities. The report makes for depressing - but necessary - reading, and is available online here:

Letter Carriers Collect Record 73.4 Million Pounds of Food: Way to Go, NALC!
(From AFL-CIO, added here 6.08.09) ..Click for more info..

Uploading & Downloading Labor's Message:
(From Union Review, added here 6.07.09) ..Click for more info..

Business Leaders Form New Coalition to Support Workers’ Rights
(From FairEconomyNow.org, added here 6.05.09)..Click for more info..

The U.S. Chamber's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lobbying day:
(From Service Employees International Union, added here 6.04.09)..Click for more info..

I'm a CEO and I Support the Employee Free Choice Act
(From Working Families E-Activist Network, added here 6.04.09)..Click for more info..

Surprise: Joe Scarborough and Friends Have No Idea What They Are Talking About
(From Change to Win, added here 6.03.09) ..Click for more info..

MAY 2009

Labor Applauds Key White House Nominees
(From AFL-CIO's Label Letter, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

More Than 1,000 Leading Academics Announce Support for the Employee Free Choice Act
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

VP Biden: "If a union is what you want, then a union is what you should get."
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.17.09) ..Click for more info..

US Foodservice Workers End Yearlong Organizing Battle in Victory!
(From Union Review, added here 5.29.09) ..Click for more info..

AMERICA’S WORKERS TO TELL THE RED CROSS:
DONOR SAFETY COMES FIRST
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.27.09)..Click for more info..

Unions: Long-Term Relationships Desired
(From Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operations, added here 5.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Why No Paid Sick Leave?
(From Labor's Voice for Change, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Online Learning Builds Economic Empowerment for Low-Income Workers
(From Communications Workers of America, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

U.S. Unemployment Now as High as Europe
(From CommonDreams.org, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Univ. of Ill. Study Finds No Cases of Union Intimidation from Majority Sign Up
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09)..Click for more info..

Liza Jordan on the many industries dependant on automakers, a must watch clip.
(From MSNBC, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Building Trades Unions Rally Against the Pratt Institute in New York
(From New York Times, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

HR 915 Could Put an End to FedEx Misclassification Practices, Finally:
(From Union Review, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Artists Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act
(From Artists for Workers' Choice, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

APRIL 2009

Fedex Workers Organize a Union, Court Says They are Business Owners
(From Union Review, added here 4.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Wal-Mart Workers Speaking Out
(From Union Review, added here 4.26.09) ..Click for more info..

Bid to Organize Nurses Faces Setback in Congress
(From New York Times, added here 4.22.09) ..Click for more info..

Maersk crew member on how they gained control over the pirates: 'We're union members.'
(From Think Progress, added here 4.21.09) ..Click for more info..

MARCH 2009

No Concessions for the Employee Free Choice Act:
(From Union Review, added here 3.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Chatham Area Transit's Union Employees Seek New Contract:
(From Savannah Morning News, added here 3.11.09) ..Click for more info..

Smithfield, Union to Start NC Pork Plant Talks:
(From Savannah Morning News, added here 3.11.09) ..Click for more info.

Hulme: Labor Bill Will Help Economy:
(From Savannah Morning News, added here 3.11.09) ..Click for more info

FEBRUARY 2009

Unions Among Madoff Victims
(From Times Union, added here 2.16.09) ..Click for more info..

Enough is Enough: Confirm Hilda Solis NOW!
(From Huffington Post, added here 2.13.09) ..Click for more info..

Jobs March Draws Thousands in Granite City:
(From Suburban Journal, added here 2.13.09) ..Click for more info..

Republicans' Delay of Solis Confirmation shows double standard:
(From AFL-CIO, added here 2.09.09) ..Click for more info..

Rapid Response has HUGE day on Capitol Hill!
(From USW Rapid Response, added here 2.06.09) ..Click for more info.

The Pope Supports Unions:
(From DC Special Interests Examiner, added here 2.03.09) ..Click for more info..

JANUARY 2009

US Refinery Workers Poised to Strike:
(From Reuters, added here 1.31.09) ..Click for more info..

Building Prosperity Through Strong Unions:
(From AIL-NILICO, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

U.S. House approves 'Buy America' steel measure:
(From Reuters, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

Bailout Oversight Panel Recommends Eight Changes to Avoid Future Crises
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

Were Bailout Funds Used to Plot Against Employee Free Choice?
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

FedEx Mechanics Have Been Campaigning for a Union Voice:
(From Teamsters, added here 1.18.09) ..Click for more info..

A Voice at Work in Utah:
(From UCFW, added here 1.17.09) ..Click for more info..

BushWatch: Job Safety and Health Took Big Hits
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.13.09) ..Click for more info..

Final Tally for 2008: 2.6 Million Jobs Lost:
(From Change to Win, added here 1.13.09)..Click for more info..

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?
(From The Nation, added here 1.11.09) ..Click for more info..

Madoff Exposure Spreads to Labor Union Pension Funds:
(From NBC, added here 1.09.09) ..Click for more info..

For Unions, a Softer N.C.:
(From The News & Observer, added here 1.02.09) ..Click for more info..

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Exposed:
(From American Rights at Work, added here 1.02.09) ..Click for more info..

AFL-CIO's 2008 in Review:
Remember January, With a Jobless Rate of 5 Percent? ..Click for more info..
Workers Win Unions, Crown Bad Bosses: ..Click for more info..
McCain Sinking, Employee Free Choice Act Rising: ..Click for more info..
(From AFL:-CIO, added here 1.02.09)

EFCA Oopponent Admits One Million Workers Disenfranchised By Current System:
(From Examiner, added here 1.02.09) ..Click for more info..

Turn Around America 2009 Archives

2009

Democrats Soften Financial Bill
(From Wall Street Journal, added here 9.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Saving the Obama Revolution
(From Truth Dig, added here 9.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Shady Deal Showered Top Blue Dog with Cash
(From Truth Dig, added here 9.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Break the Corporate Monopoly on Democracy - Support Fair Elections!
(From Public Citizen, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Deal Accused of Ethics Breach in Watchdog Group Complaint
(From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

SC House Republicans Consider Impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford
(From CREW, added here 8.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama Backs Down on "Public Option"
(From Associated Press, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

White House Admits to Deals With Drug Industry: Drug Prices Will Not Be Capped or Negotiated
(From New York Times, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Grassley Voted for So-Called "Death Panels" in 2003
(From Huffington Post, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Sheet Metal Workers Take Stand Against "Lapdog" Politicians - Vow to Withdraw Campaign Contributions in Next Election Cycle.
(From Newspaper Guild, added here 8.15.09) ..Click for more info..

No End to Earmarks: Defense Contractors Continue to Win Big
(From Newsweek, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Cash for Clunkers Program Unproven
(From Public Citizen, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Democratic Chairman Won't Sign Subpoena for Countrywide VIP Mortgage Records
(From Star Tribune, added here 7.31.09) ..Click Here..

Democrats had "Card Check" Removed From EFCA?
(From New York Times, added here 7.19.09) ..Click for more info..

Welcoming Senator Al Franken
(From AFL-CIO, added here 7.02.09) ..Click Here..

Sweeney: Health Care Reform Critical to Economic Recovery
(From AFL-CIO, added here 1.31.09) ..Click for more info..

Union Membership Rises Second Year in a Row!
(From Union Review, added here 1.31.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama: "You Cannot Have a Strong Middle Class Without a Strong Labor Movement"
(From Change to Win, added here 1.31.09) ..Click for more info..

Why Congress Must Provide Aid for States
(From Turn Around America 2009, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

Employee Free Choice Act: Core Message
(From Turn Around America 2009, added here 1.30.09) ..Click for more info..

Vice President Joe Biden Announces the Middle Class Task Force:
(added here 1.30.09) ..Click here for aStrongMiddleClass.gov..

Out With the Old - A Union Response to Elaine Chao's Final Op-Ed:
(From Huffington Post, added here 1.18.09) ..Click for more info..

In with the New - The Next Secretary of Labor:
(From Working Families E-Activist Network, added here 1.11.09) ..Click for more info..

White House Task Force to Focus on America’s Working Families:
(From AFL:-CIO, added here 12.22.08) ..Click for more info..

Union Leaders Welcome Nomination of Solis for Labor Secretary:
(From Workday Minnesota, added here 12.21.08) ..Click for more info.

Another Reason To Be Psyched About Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary:
(From Change to Win, added here 12.21.08) ..Click for more info..

Three Cheers for Jared Bernstein, Named Chief Economist to Biden:
(From AFL-CIO, added here 12.10.08) ..Click for more info..

AFL-CIO to Volunteers - Recognizing Our Hard Work:
(From AFL-CIO, added here 12.10.08) ..Click for more info..

New Bush Rules Narrow Family Leave for Workers:
(From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added here 11.20.08) ..Click for more info..

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Unions Representing workers in U.S., Mexico, Canada explore merger (From Monthly Review, added here 6.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Wall Street Hiring Jumps as Guaranteed Bonuses Return (From Bloomberg Businessweek, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

GM Workers under Sub-Par Contract Vote Down further Wage Cuts (From Labor Notes, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

UPS, FedEx Worlds Apart on Labor Law (From Politico, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Harkin Hints Watered Down EFCA Could Move after 2010 Elections (From The Hill, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Massey Energy Sues MSHA, Claiming Regulator “Violated Its Constitutional Rights” (From Firedog Lake, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Anger Over Health Care Bill Creates Uncertain Future: (From Labor Notes, added here 1.29.10) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Jim DeMint Still too Scared to Debate Eric Massa: (From Down With Tyranny!, added here 1.06.10) ..Click for more info..

Food for Thought - Obama Backs So-Called "Merit Pay" for Teachers: (From the USA Today, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Challenging Sen. Jim DeMint to a Debate on TSA Collective Bargaining Rights: (From the Examiner, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Says Passing Democratic Health Care Bill Will Be Like Passing NAFTA - And He Thinks That's a Good Thing: (From the Firedoglake, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Atlanta Central Labor Council Heavily Influences Mayoral Race: (From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 1.04.10) ..Click for more info..

The Political Winds are Shifting - Labor Starting to Create its Own Agenda: (From Workers Compass, added here 12.21.09) ..Click for more info..

More US Labor Groups Speak Out Against War in Afghanistan (From Labor Notes, added here 12.02.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama to Announce up to 35,000 New Jobs... In Afghanistan. (From Counterpunch, added here 11.29.09) ..Click for more info..

IAM's Journey to Space (From International Association of Machinists, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Overshadowed by Wal-Mart, Boutiques Fight Back With Service, Loyal Clientele (From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Minor Working on Georgia Building Site Without Safety Harness Falls, Dies (From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Minor Working on Georgia Building Site Without Safety Harness Falls, Dies (From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Labor Bargains for Too Little in Health Care, Gets Even Less (From Labor Notes, added here 11.25.09) ..Click Here..

Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative (From Democracy Now!, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

Conyers Derides White House Health Care Strategy (From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

NY Times Comparison of House and Senate Health Insurance Bills (From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

East Coast Longshore Workers Push to Reject Contract (From Labor Notes, added here 11.16.09) ..Click for more info..

Carhartt to Close Glasgow, KY Facilities (From Glasgow Daily Times, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Reiterates Her Opposition to EFCACall her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-4843 and Little Rock 1-800-352-9364 (From Hotel Interactive, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Turns her back on EFCA ....Again Call her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-3841 and San Francisco (415) 393-0707 (From McKnight's, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

UI Extension Signed into Law - See the NELP FAQ for More Info on Your Extension Benefits ..Click Here..

Barack Obama on the Employee Free Choice Act (video) ..Click Here..

Joe Biden on the Employee Free Choice Act (video) ..Click Here..

Two Former Labor Secretaries: Why We Support Employee Free Choice (From AFL-CIO, added here 6.16.09)..Click for more info..

GM,Health Care, Trade--It's All Related: (From Working Life, added here 6.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Letter Carriers Collect Record 73.4 Million Pounds of Food: Way to Go, NALC! (From AFL-CIO, added here 6.08.09) ..Click for more info..

Business Leaders Form New Coalition to Support Workers’ Rights (From FairEconomyNow.org, added here 6.05.09)..Click for more info..

The U.S. Chamber's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lobbying day: (From Service Employees International Union, added here 6.04.09)..Click for more info..

Surprise: Joe Scarborough and Friends Have No Idea What They Are Talking About (From Change to Win, added here 6.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Labor Applauds Key White House Nominees (From AFL-CIO's Label Letter, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

More Than 1,000 Leading Academics Announce Support for the Employee Free Choice Act (From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

VP Biden: "If a union is what you want, then a union is what you should get." (From AFL-CIO, added here 5.17.09) ..Click for more info..

US Foodservice Workers End Yearlong Organizing Battle in Victory! (From Union Review, added here 5.29.09) ..Click for more info..

Why No Paid Sick Leave? (From Labor's Voice for Change, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Online Learning Builds Economic Empowerment for Low-Income Workers (From Communications Workers of America, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

U.S. Unemployment Now as High as Europe (From CommonDreams.org, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Univ. of Ill. Study Finds No Cases of Union Intimidation from Majority Sign Up (From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09)..Click for more info..

Liza Jordan on the many industries dependant on automakers, a must watch clip. (From MSNBC, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Building Trades Unions Rally Against the Pratt Institute in New York (From New York Times, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

HR 915 Could Put an End to FedEx Misclassification Practices, Finally: (From Union Review, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Artists Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act (From Artists for Workers' Choice, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Fedex Workers Organize a Union, Court Says They are Business Owners (From Union Review, added here 4.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Wal-Mart Workers Speaking Out (From Union Review, added here 4.26.09) ..Click for more info..

Bid to Organize Nurses Faces Setback in Congress (From New York Times, added here 4.22.09) ..Click for more info.. Maersk crew member on how they gained control over the pirates: 'We're union members.' (From Think Progress, added here 4.21.09) ..Click for more info..

Democrats Soften Financial Bill (From Wall Street Journal, added here 9.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Saving the Obama Revolution (From Truth Dig, added here 9.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Break the Corporate Monopoly on Democracy - Support Fair Elections! (From Public Citizen, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Deal Accused of Ethics Breach in Watchdog Group Complaint (From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

SC House Republicans Consider Impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford (From CREW, added here 8.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama Backs Down on "Public Option" (From Associated Press, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

White House Admits to Deals With Drug Industry: Drug Prices Will Not Be Capped or Negotiated (From New York Times, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Grassley Voted for So-Called "Death Panels" in 2003 (From Huffington Post, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Sheet Metal Workers Take Stand Against "Lapdog" Politicians - Vow to Withdraw Campaign Contributions in Next Election Cycle. (From Newspaper Guild, added here 8.15.09) ..Click for more info..

No End to Earmarks: Defense Contractors Continue to Win Big (From Newsweek, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Cash for Clunkers Program Unproven (From Public Citizen, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Unions Representing workers in U.S., Mexico, Canada explore merger
(From Monthly Review, added here 6.30.10) ..Click for more info..

Wall Street Hiring Jumps as Guaranteed Bonuses Return
(From Bloomberg Businessweek, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

GM Workers under Sub-Par Contract Vote Down further Wage Cuts
(From Labor Notes, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

UPS, FedEx Worlds Apart on Labor Law
(From Politico, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Harkin Hints Watered Down EFCA Could Move after 2010 Elections
(From The Hill, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Massey Energy Sues MSHA, Claiming Regulator “Violated Its Constitutional Rights”
(From Firedog Lake, added here 6.28.10) ..Click for more info..

Anger Over Health Care Bill Creates Uncertain Future:
(From Labor Notes, added here 1.29.10) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Jim DeMint Still too Scared to Debate Eric Massa:
(From Down With Tyranny!, added here 1.06.10) ..Click for more info..

Food for Thought - Obama Backs So-Called "Merit Pay" for Teachers:
(From the USA Today, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Challenging Sen. Jim DeMint to a Debate on TSA Collective Bargaining Rights:
(From the Examiner, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Says Passing Democratic Health Care Bill Will Be Like Passing NAFTA - And He Thinks That's a Good Thing:
(From the Firedoglake, added here 1.05.10) ..Click for more info..

Atlanta Central Labor Council Heavily Influences Mayoral Race:
(From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 1.04.10) ..Click for more info..

The Political Winds are Shifting - Labor Starting to Create its Own Agenda:
(From Workers Compass, added here 12.21.09) ..Click for more info..

More US Labor Groups Speak Out Against War in Afghanistan
(From Labor Notes, added here 12.02.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama to Announce up to 35,000 New Jobs... In Afghanistan.
(From Counterpunch, added here 11.29.09) ..Click for more info..

IAM's Journey to Space
(From International Association of Machinists, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Overshadowed by Wal-Mart, Boutiques Fight Back With Service, Loyal Clientele
(From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Minor Working on Georgia Building Site Without Safety Harness Falls, Dies
(From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Minor Working on Georgia Building Site Without Safety Harness Falls, Dies
(From Atlanta Journal Constitution, added here 11.28.09) ..Click Here..

Labor Bargains for Too Little in Health Care, Gets Even Less
(From Labor Notes, added here 11.25.09) ..Click Here..

Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
(From Democracy Now!, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

Conyers Derides White House Health Care Strategy
(From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

NY Times Comparison of House and Senate Health Insurance Bills
(From The New York Times, added here 11.19.09) ..Click Here..

East Coast Longshore Workers Push to Reject Contract
(From Labor Notes, added here 11.16.09) ..Click for more info..

Carhartt to Close Glasgow, KY Facilities
(From Glasgow Daily Times, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Reiterates Her Opposition to EFCA
Call her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-4843 and Little Rock 1-800-352-9364
(From Hotel Interactive, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Turns her back on EFCA ....Again
Call her office in Washington, DC (202) 224-3841 and San Francisco (415) 393-0707
(From McKnight's, added here 11.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Barack Obama on the Employee Free Choice Act (video)
..Click Here..

Joe Biden on the Employee Free Choice Act (video)
..Click Here..

Two Former Labor Secretaries: Why We Support Employee Free Choice
(From AFL-CIO, added here 6.16.09)..Click for more info..

GM,Health Care, Trade--It's All Related:
(From Working Life, added here 6.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Letter Carriers Collect Record 73.4 Million Pounds of Food: Way to Go, NALC!
(From AFL-CIO, added here 6.08.09) ..Click for more info..

Business Leaders Form New Coalition to Support Workers’ Rights
(From FairEconomyNow.org, added here 6.05.09)..Click for more info..

The U.S. Chamber's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lobbying day:
(From Service Employees International Union, added here 6.04.09)..Click for more info..

Surprise: Joe Scarborough and Friends Have No Idea What They Are Talking About
(From Change to Win, added here 6.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Labor Applauds Key White House Nominees
(From AFL-CIO's Label Letter, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

More Than 1,000 Leading Academics Announce Support for the Employee Free Choice Act
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09) ..Click for more info..

VP Biden: "If a union is what you want, then a union is what you should get."
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.17.09) ..Click for more info..

US Foodservice Workers End Yearlong Organizing Battle in Victory!
(From Union Review, added here 5.29.09) ..Click for more info..

Why No Paid Sick Leave?
(From Labor's Voice for Change, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Online Learning Builds Economic Empowerment for Low-Income Workers
(From Communications Workers of America, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

U.S. Unemployment Now as High as Europe
(From CommonDreams.org, added here 5.20.09) ..Click for more info..

Univ. of Ill. Study Finds No Cases of Union Intimidation from Majority Sign Up
(From AFL-CIO, added here 5.19.09)..Click for more info..

Liza Jordan on the many industries dependant on automakers, a must watch clip.
(From MSNBC, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

Building Trades Unions Rally Against the Pratt Institute in New York
(From New York Times, added here 5.15.09) ..Click for more info..

HR 915 Could Put an End to FedEx Misclassification Practices, Finally:
(From Union Review, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Artists Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act
(From Artists for Workers' Choice, added here 5.14.09) ..Click for more info..

Fedex Workers Organize a Union, Court Says They are Business Owners
(From Union Review, added here 4.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Wal-Mart Workers Speaking Out
(From Union Review, added here 4.26.09) ..Click for more info..

Bid to Organize Nurses Faces Setback in Congress
(From New York Times, added here 4.22.09) ..Click for more info..

Maersk crew member on how they gained control over the pirates: 'We're union members.'
(From Think Progress, added here 4.21.09) ..Click for more info..

Democrats Soften Financial Bill
(From Wall Street Journal, added here 9.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Saving the Obama Revolution
(From Truth Dig, added here 9.23.09) ..Click for more info..

Break the Corporate Monopoly on Democracy - Support Fair Elections!
(From Public Citizen, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

Deal Accused of Ethics Breach in Watchdog Group Complaint
(From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added here 8.27.09) ..Click for more info..

SC House Republicans Consider Impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford
(From CREW, added here 8.25.09) ..Click for more info..

Obama Backs Down on "Public Option"
(From Associated Press, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

White House Admits to Deals With Drug Industry: Drug Prices Will Not Be Capped or Negotiated
(From New York Times, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Grassley Voted for So-Called "Death Panels" in 2003
(From Huffington Post, added here 8.17.09) ..Click for more info..

Sheet Metal Workers Take Stand Against "Lapdog" Politicians - Vow to Withdraw Campaign Contributions in Next Election Cycle.
(From Newspaper Guild, added here 8.15.09) ..Click for more info..

No End to Earmarks: Defense Contractors Continue to Win Big
(From Newsweek, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..

Cash for Clunkers Program Unproven
(From Public Citizen, added here 8.03.09) ..Click for more info..