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Maine Labor History Mural Finally Sees Light of Day
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior WriterNot quite two years ago, Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) ordered the removal of an 11-panel, 36-foot mural depicting the state’s labor history from the Department of Labor....
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LIFT Fund Builds Greater Alignment Between Community Organizing and the Union...
Ianthe Metzger Fellow, AFL-CIO As the landscape of the American work force changes, the union movement is continuously finding ways to evolve and meet the demands of working families in the 21st...
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Thousands Rally in West Virginia in Support of Patriot Retirees
Kenneth Quinnell AFL-CIOUpdate: 16 people were arrested at the rally, including UMWA President Cecil E. Roberts, after they refused police orders to move away from the Patriot Coal headquarters....
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Back the UMWA: Sign the Petition
Berry Craig Professor of history, West Kentucky Community and Technical College The Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council has endorsed a Mine Workers (UMWA)-sponsored resolution declaring that “as...
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Boosting the Minimum Wage in the States Is a No-Brainer
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer With the federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 an hour and an increase facing stiff opposition from congressional Republicans, coalitions of union, community, faith and...
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Why Bill Clinton Came to ‘Talk Windows’ at the AFL-CIO
Jackie Tortora AFL-CIO Blog/Social Media ManagerIt began with a simple conversation over water and dinner rolls in a restaurant in Davos, Switzerland. After the annual world economic forum held in...
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Death Trap Plants Win ‘Safe’ Certifications, New AFL-CIO Report Reveals
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer Would you trust that your food is clean and uncontaminated, the plane you’re flying in airworthy or your workplace safe, if those were certified by companies counting...
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Trumka: Austerity’s Valid as ‘Flat Earth’ Theory
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer In Paris on Tuesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka warned the leaders and policymakers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that the...
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High-Tech’s Low-Wage Strategy
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer When Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook and the other big-time cyber giants say they need to import more foreign high-tech workers and then put on a full-scale lobbying...
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Holt Baker, Roberts Among 30 Arrested at Patriot Rally in West Virginia
Kenneth Quinnell AFL-CIOAFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts were among 30 arrested at a rally in West Virginia Tuesday while protesting...
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Senate Confirms NLRB Nominees; Board at Full Strength
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is now fully staffed and able to continue to function to protect workers’ rights after the U.S. Senate today confirmed five...
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Workers Win Voice with AFL-CIO Unions
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer Emergency medical workers, massage therapists, bus mechanics and home health care workers are among the latest workers to choose a voice on the job with AFL-CIO...
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12 Elizabeth Warren Quotes to Prepare You for Her Appearance at the AFL-CIO...
Kenneth Quinnell AFL-CIO Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will be one of the keynote speakers at the AFL-CIO 2013 National Convention in Los Angeles from Sept. 8–11. Here are 12 key quotes from her that...
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Delegates Commit AFL-CIO to Grow Labor Movement Through Diversity, Inclusion
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior WriterOn the heels of last week’s groundbreaking young worker and diversity conference, delegates to the AFL-CIO 2013 Convention reaffirmed the federation’s commitment to...
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In Los Angeles, Labor Redefines Itself
By Michael Winship Senior Writer of Moyers & Company “It’s time to turn America right side up!” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka exhorted those in attendance at the labor alliance’s quadrennial...
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SEC Rule on CEO Pay Helps Investors Judge Compensation Practices That Affect...
By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer Corporations will no longer be able to hide how much CEOs are paid compared to the workers who make those companies run, under a rule proposed today by the U.S....
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AFL-CIO Forges National Partnership with United Students Against Sweatshops
Kenneth Quinnell AFL-CIO In the first of many concrete moves after the AFL-CIO passed a resolution at its national convention to create new and lasting community partnerships to open and broaden the...
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