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Senator unveils pro-labor Rebuild America Act

March 30, 2012 By John Wojcik

The bill drew immediate praise from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Interest rate swaps wreak havoc around the country

March 29, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Like many states and local governments around the country, Oakland is being victimized by the banking industry.

Raise the minimum wage

March 28, 2012 By John Case

Despite claims of economic recovery heard recently, median weekly worker income for most months of the past two years, just like most years of the past 35 years, is either flat, or less, than the year...

Senate’s phony “JOBS Act” not about jobs, deregulates Wall Street

March 23, 2012 By Barbara Russum

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka came out with a blistering statement on the Senate's passage of the so-called "JOBS Act."

UK’s labor leader Bob Crow builds solidarity at the Left Labor Project

March 19, 2012 By Gabe Falsetta

We believe the trade union movement is not just about what wages or what contract you get but about the social side: Decent transportation, affordable housing, a decent welfare state.