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AFTs Weingarten puts everything but vouchers on the table

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON (PAI)--In her first major policy address since being elected President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten put “everything but vouchers” on the bargaining table--including merit pay and tenure--as long as the results help...

Bushs Midnight Rules include weaker family leave, longer driving hours for truckers

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON (PAI)--Call them the “Midnight Rules.” In haste, and to meet legal deadlines, the GOP Bush regime pushed through approximately 90 pro-business federal rules before Nov. 22, trying to lock them in so the incoming Obama...

Facts on Venezuela

November 24, 2008

Poll Shows Rising Satisfaction with Democracy in Venezuela A new survey published on November 14, 2008 by the respected Chilean polling firm Latinobarómetro finds that Venezuela has the region's highest rate of support for democracy as...

Fight for working people has just begun, labor leaders say

November 23, 2008

To turn economy around, more union members are necessary WASHINGTON, D.C. – When you approach the building that houses the national offices of the AFL-CIO in the shadow of the Washington Monument here the first thing...

Freeze foreclosures and heat up jobs plan, spirited rally tells Congress

November 22, 2008

CHICAGO – Dozens of labor and community activists rallied here in front of the Federal Building Nov. 21 urging Congress to put a freeze on home foreclosures and to bail out Main Street, not Wall Street,...