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Labor making intensive final push for Election Day, Nov. 4

October 31, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Backed by radio ads from the AFL-CIO and several top unions, workers and their allies mounted a final intensive political push in the week before the Nov. 4 election.

AFL-CIO rallies Georgia voters for Nov. 4

October 29, 2014 By LaBarre Blackman

The AFL-CIO's determination to advance the struggle in southern red electoral states came alive Sunday, Oct. 26, with a Get Out the Vote rally.

Injunction halts action against Philly teachers contract

October 29, 2014 By Beth Edelman

At stake in this whiplash fight to fund public education is whether the SRC can abrogate the contract with the PFT, imposing its terms.

Labor Secretary boosts unions, praises new models of organizing

October 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

For Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, unions are responsible for creating and sustaining the middle class, and represent what's right with the U.S.

Fed’s Yellen hits income inequality

October 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Even the head of the Fed now worries about the chasm of income inequality. But Janet Yellen, in a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, took it one step beyond money.