Labor
Teachers roar: We didn’t cause the budget crisis!
March 16, 2011Thousands of Texans converged and converged again for some of the biggest labor actions in decades.
Read moreLabor switches to defense on legislative agenda
March 14, 2011Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO legislative director, explains the new math on Capitol Hill and in state houses around the country, and its impact on labor's agenda.
Read moreAFL-CIO’s young workers plan second summit in Twin Cities
March 14, 2011The AFL-CIO's young workers advisory council is taking charge of the labor movement by making its leadership more youthful and is planning a second summit to take place in the fall.
Read moreOhio workers shake Capitol in giant SB 5 protest
March 14, 2011The walls of the Statehouse literally shook, as thousands of workers, in hard hats and gear, marched to the Capitol grounds behind a delegation of bagpipes and drums.
Read moreWisconsin says: We will win this fight!
March 14, 2011"We will win! We will win!" That was the chant of an exuberant crowd of over 150,000 from across the state and region that rocked the capitol grounds March 12th.
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