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Shuler challenges labor movement on promoting women to leadership
February 26, 2015AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. labor movement, is challenging her colleagues to promote more women to top jobs.
Read moreAmerica’s labor movement: Time for a new track on trade policy
February 26, 2015"As a teacher I've always placed a premium on what we know, and what we know is that there hasn't been a trade deal yet that benefitted the American people."
Read moreWisconsin governor swings budget axe
February 25, 2015A massive fight-back has already begun, and even some long-time Republican legislators are questioning the wisdom of the Walker budget.
Read moreSpeaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
Read moreWisconsin workers again battle Walker’s anti-labor steamroller
February 25, 2015Trashing promises to provide a fair hearing, the Republican leader of Wisconsin's state Senate labor committee rammed through a bill that would make union shops illegal.
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