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AFSCME reports earlier Wisconsin, Ohio battles sharply boosted 2012 turnout

November 12, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Battles over collective bargaining rights for state and local government workers sharply boosted overall labor enthusiasm and turnout in those two states this year.

Wisconsin’s anti-collective bargaining law struck down

September 17, 2012 By John Wojcik

Unions and their members are thrilled about a Wisconsin court ruling Friday striking down the state law pushed by Gov. Scott Walker.

DNC union delegates lobby colleagues for workers rights

September 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Hundreds of union members, delegates to the Democratic National Convention, fanned out among their colleagues bearing little orange cards, talking about union rights.

Text of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s speech to the DNC

September 6, 2012 By Richard Trumka

Besides Trumka, Auto Workers President Bob King and Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry also addressed the convention.

Detroit Labor Day: “Stand up for collective bargaining”

September 4, 2012 By John Rummel

Michigan's working families know they are in the fight of their lives. The state's Republican legislature is introducing bill after bill that curtails workers' right to bargain collectively.