AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Union Values: Made In America

July 4, 2010 by  
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These are values that so many of us agree with. When these values were more widespread, our economy functioned better. The middle class was strong, and made gains year after year. But in recent decades, we have seen a Wall Street/Big …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Work. Family. Conflict. Resolution?

May 25, 2010 by  
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… she called for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, federal legislation to level the playing field for workers seeking to form unions, as the necessary step for workers to regain a solid place in the U.S. economy . …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | 31000 Deliver Message to Wall Street: Fix The …

April 29, 2010 by  
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Stop acting like what happened to our economy was some kind of accident, like a meteor fell on us . Take some responsibility for what you did. Call off the lobbyists. Second-Stop speculating and start lending. We bailed you out, …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Obama to Eulogize Miners; Trumka Cites Massey's …

April 20, 2010 by FatBadSharK  
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama –who will be accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden–will deliver a eulogy “honoring the lives of those who perished and offering his deepest condolences to the loved ones they left …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Short-Term Jobless Aid Breaks Republican …

April 16, 2010 by appoveDoR  
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Isn’t that what Obama wants as you blindly support his failed policies? It sure is good to see that $787 billion stimulus money keep unemployment below 8% as promised……not to mention the $434 billion supplemental. What next? …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Study: Union Construction Jobs Help Economy

April 15, 2010 by  
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With state economies across the country in a tailspin, union construction wages helped boost Massachusetts’ economy . At the same time, nonunion construction workers added to the state’s social and economic costs. Nonunion construction workers have … Space Coast Workers Anxious Ahead Obama’s Speech Today On NASA’s Future (PBP). UAW President Ron Gettelfinger Said Wednesday That Many Americans Still Want To Join Unions But U.S. Laws Make It Difficult To Organize. (DFP) …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Wall Street's Russian Roulette Isn't the …

March 27, 2010 by  
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In the U.S. the remaining icapitalist nvestors looked for the most profitable way to maximize profit, (return on investment). By investing in the least labor intensive economic activities, that minimized jobs creation (eliminating high …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Job Creation Key to Ending Economic Crisis

February 7, 2010 by  
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Now it’s time for all of us to get busy and work together to bring the big changes that are essential-starting with enacting a jobs bill that is big enough to create jobs for the millions of people who want to work and can’t find jobs. …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Trumka: Obama Absolutely Right to Make Jobs Top …

January 27, 2010 by  
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Now it’s time for all of us to get busy and work together to bring the big changes that are essential—starting with enacting a jobs bill that is big enough to create jobs for the millions of people who want to work and can’t find jobs. … This is the time for a broad movement of Americans demanding jobs and an economy that works for all, and we’re ready to put our energy and leadership into building that movement—taking the fight to the doorstep of the banks that are …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Trumka: Massachusetts Voters Say Democrats …

January 21, 2010 by  
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If 10.2% are unemployed and 17% are underemployed, then one does not need to be Paul Krugman, Ben Bernanke or a staff economist at a Washington think tank to realize that the U.S. economy is not firing on all cylinders. …

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