Labor
AFL-CIO student interns organize on Tobacco Road
July 17, 2014AFL-CIO Union Summer interns have joined members of the FLOC in a drive to organize thousands of North Carolina tobacco farm workers.
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Home care workers file for largest union election in Minnesota history
July 17, 2014Pay is so low that many caregivers qualify for food stamps, don’t get paid sick leave or health or retirement benefits.
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At AFT meet, energized resistance to attacks on education
July 17, 2014An energized resistance to ongoing attacks on education was on display at this year's American Federation of Teachers national convention in Los Angeles.
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Union says postal service is not really pulling out of Staples
July 16, 2014Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, said a Staples announcement this week that it was ending its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service is a ruse.
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Trumka: Humanitarian crisis brought out the best and worst in us
July 16, 2014The AFL-CIO is calling upon President Barack Obama to take action to adjust these failed policies.
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