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‘Young workers: A lost decade’

September 4, 2009 By Tula Connell

Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...

Obama to address AFL-CIO convention

September 4, 2009 By John Wojcik

President Obama will speak at the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh on Sept. 15, the White House announced yesterday. The speech will once again dramatize the new relationship between the labor movement and the Oval Office, following...

Missouri state capital rallies for health care reform

September 3, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – “I was too expensive, so they got rid of me,” Robert Green told hundreds of rural Missourians who rallied for health care reform here on the Capital steps September 2.

Trumka draws line in the sand on health care

September 2, 2009 By John Wojcik

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, Richard Trumka, has drawn a line in the sand on health care reform, saying that Congress must include a strong public plan option in the final bill in order for labor to back it.

Persecuted Middle East gays hope for resettlement

September 2, 2009 By Daniel Frontino Elash

In Iran, there is a three to four day gap between when an individual is reported to the police for being homosexual, and when the police arrive to arrest that individual. Most flee before the police...