Congress
Smiley and West’s Poverty Tour: A call for unconditional brotherhood
August 24, 2011Tavis Smiley and Cornel West brought the last stop of their "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" to Memphis, Tennessee. The location was chosen in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s support for sanitation workers and...
Read moreNew federal immigration policy a step forward, supporters say
August 23, 2011Last week the Obama administration announced it would suspend deportation proceeding against thousands of undocumented immigrants that pose no serious threat to national security or public safety.
Read moreLabor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights
August 12, 2011Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.
Read moreLabor mobilizes in congressional districts in August
August 11, 2011Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say,...
Read moreIn Connecticut the fight for jobs is on
August 11, 2011"Connecticut workers want Congress to act on the jobs crisis with the same urgency that was brought to the manufactured political crisis over the debt ceiling."
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