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CAFTA--Continue The Fight
Please contact your representatives right now and thank them if they voted with working families. But if they voted wrong, put the heat on—make sure they know there are consequences for voting against working families....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 1:41pm PDT
Major Unions Disaffiliate from the AFL/CIO
7/25: Leaders of two of the largest unions in the A.F.L.-C.I.O. - the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters - said today that they are quitting the federation in an expected but highly controversial move that underscores a major schism in the national labor movement....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 9:19pm PDT
Labor's Third Voice Speaks in Chicago
Another conference was taking place in Chicago during the AFL-CIO convention of rank and file workers.
It was however completely censored out by the press....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 10:52am PDT
Unholy Alliance? The AFL-CIO and the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela
As two of the country's largest unions leave the AFL-CIO, we talk to a labor journalist about what he calls an unholy alliance: the AFL-CIO and the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:11am PDT
Chicago AFL-CIO Conference Update (audio/mpeg 24.9MB)
The expected break occured. Carl Bryant & Steve Zeltzer update us about the union resignations....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 9:03pm PDT
Chicago AFL-CIO Conference Prelude (audio/mpeg 8.7MB)
The threat looms over the AFL-CIO that member unions will quit their association...
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 8:41pm PDT
Iraq War Resolutions Battle Heats Up at AFL-CIO Convention
The AFL-CIO Convention will be presented with a resolution from the Federation's Council on the war in Iraq - which does not call for a withdrawal of troops, nor for an end to US occupation. USLAW and othe labor activists will attempt to amend the leadership endorsed resolution on the floor of the convention....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 10:46am PDT
AFL-CIO Convention: Iraq War Dispute
Once today passes, some of the attention to the internal political fight will abate--though not entirely disappear (more on that later)--and delegates will be able to focus on other issues. One that is of particular concern is what the Federation's position will be on the war in Iraq....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 10:41am PDT
Revolution and Counter-revolution in Venezuela: Assessing the Role of the AFL-CIO
José Gil’s walk across the shop floor would appear familiar to trade unionists across the United States. As a local union official at the vast CVG Alcasa aluminum plant in Venezuela’s Ciudad Guyana, he made the rounds on a short Sunday shift in August 2004—catching up on family news and listening to concerns and complaints, as molten metal pushed temperatures on an already scorching south-central Venezuelan afternoon to skin-searing levels. The plant’s production was on the increase, thanks t...
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 7:22am PDT
A Third of the AFL/CIO - Possible Faction?
Seven major unions equaling a third of the total AFL/CIO membership have joined the Change to Win Coalition, possibly signaling the largest union faction in over three generations....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 1:29am PDT
CONSUMERS TRAMPLED AS TELECOM INDUSTRY RUNS AMOK
As Congress prepares to rewrite the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a new wave of merger mania threatens US democratic process....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 2:31pm PDT
The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation
We speak with Greg Leroy, author of the book "The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation" that shows how - in case after case - false promises of good jobs and higher tax revenues by large corporations land them huge tax breaks and other subsidies from state and local governments....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 7:11am PDT
Will the AFL-CIO Split? A Debate on the Future of Organized Labor
As the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, heads to its convention, we host a debate on the future of organized labor. We speak with Karen Ackerman, political director of the AFL-CIO, Chris Chafe, Chief of Staff at UNITE HERE as well as Kim Moody, co-founder of the rank and file newsletter Labor Notes and professor at Brooklyn College....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 7:10am PDT
Objection!!!: Supreme Court nominee seen as threat to women, labor, racial equality
WASHINGTON — Hours after President George W. Bush nominated John G. Roberts to the Supreme Court, fighters for human rights bombarded the Senate with demands that they reject him on grounds he is an enemy of women’s equality, labor rights and voting rights. Roberts’ nomination threatens to push the nation’s highest court further to the right for years to come, they said....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 6:18am PDT
AFL-CIO, Solidarity Center, NED and the Neocons—The Unholy Alliance
This is a 14-months investigative report by Lee Siu Hin, for the upcoming AFL-CIO convention in Chicago, IL later this week....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 12:35am PDT
J23-28: AFL-CIO Convention in Chicago - Rank and File Voices Call for Change
As the AFL-CIO Convention kicks off in Chicago, rank and file union activists get set to speak out....
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 3:24am PDT