AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Economic Crisis Hitting Young Workers Hard

A whole generation of workers is being denied the opportunity to gain a foothold in the U.S. economy . We need real jobs with benefits. We need health care reform so millions of young workers will be protected if they get sick. …

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

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 | The Working Class Has Spoken. Will Democrats …

And as AFL-CIO Richard Trumka has pointed out, Massachusetts voters have the same goals for reforming health care, creating good jobs and strengthening the economy as they did in November 2008—but President Obama and the Democrats have done too little. … I think we should start all over and fight for what we actually want — a single payer system like Canada’s — not what the insurance-industry-owned US Senate is willing to give us . I also think it’s way past time for …

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

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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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Top Civil Rights Official: Discrimination …

AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and AFGE President John Gage addressed the participants, along with Rebecca Blank, undersecretary for economic affairs at the U.S. Commerce Department. …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | King Day Celebration to Focus on Economic Justice

Rebecca Blank, undersecretary for economic affairs at the U.S. Commerce Department, will speak about the importance of the 2010 census. Community service is a major portion of each year’s celebration, putting into action the union …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | The Past Decade the Worst for America's Workers

This from the Washington Post: The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times… WaPo is the kind of newspaper that leans heavily toward emphasizing happy economic news, even in the face of 10 percent unemployment. …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Union Leaders Tell President's Economic …

Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO Legislative and Policy Specialist for Workforce Issues, reports on union participation in this week’s meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. … of 57 national and international labor unions and represents workers from all walks of life. Together, we seek to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. Go to aflcio.org · Blog Archives · Link to Us …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | U.S. Unions Join Climate Change Talks in Copenhagen

Our work here as members of the ITUC delegation reflects our own efforts to shape U.S. climate change legislation. Our goal as an international union movement is to ensure that social and economic concerns are included in what had been …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | California Union Members Host First-Ever …

History teaches us that in times of severe economic hardship, the creation of good jobs to lift people up is the only path to a sustained recovery. It’s time we prioritized investment in putting California back to work. …

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