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Charlotte chant: “We are union, the mighty, mighty union!”

September 4, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

Delegates here for the Democratic National Convention applauded as union men and women marched through Charlotte in the annual Labor Day parade chanting, "We are the union, the mighty, mighty union."

Unionists in Tampa describe a Romney dystopia

August 31, 2012 By John Streater And John Wojcik

On the third day of the GOP convention, AFL-CIO marchers painted a picture of what would be a nightmare scenario in America if Mitt Romney were to be elected president.

Romney repeats Republican lies

August 31, 2012 By John Wojcik

Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the GOP convention here Aug. 30 confirmed once again his apparent decision to lie his way into the presidency of the United States.

Vote in solidarity with Congress Hotel strikers

August 31, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

While watching Romney's speech at the RNC, I couldn't help but think of the courageous members of UNITE HERE Local 1. For nine years they have been on the longest hotel strike in U.S. history.

Democratic Party platform backs workers’ rights

August 31, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The platform, up for adoption at the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C., so strongly backs workers' rights that it virtually endorses the Employee Free Choice Act,.